Physostigmine for the Acute Treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome

We present a case report of an acute episode of restless legs syndrome that interfered with the performance of a diagnostic imaging procedure of the cervical spine. The patient had a 19-yr history of restless leg syndrome with periodic limb movements during sleep. Treatment with additional sedation...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Anesthesia and analgesia 2005-09, Vol.101 (3), p.726-727
Hauptverfasser:	Alpert, Calvert C., Tobin, D Patrick, Dierdorf, Stephen F.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Anesthesia Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Cholinesterase Inhibitors - administration & dosage Cholinesterase Inhibitors - therapeutic use Conscious Sedation Humans Injections, Intravenous Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical sciences Physostigmine - administration & dosage Physostigmine - therapeutic use Restless Legs Syndrome - drug therapy Spinal Diseases - complications Spinal Diseases - diagnosis
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Zusammenfassung:	We present a case report of an acute episode of restless legs syndrome that interfered with the performance of a diagnostic imaging procedure of the cervical spine. The patient had a 19-yr history of restless leg syndrome with periodic limb movements during sleep. Treatment with additional sedation and opioids did not alleviate the leg movements. IV administration of 1 mg of physostigmine eradicated all extraneous leg motion.
ISSN:	0003-2999 1526-7598
DOI:	10.1213/01.ANE.0000159376.47974.71