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Piribedil for restless legs syndrome: A pilot study
Author(s) -
Evidente Virgilio Gerald H.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.1104
Subject(s) - restless legs syndrome , rating scale , psychology , medicine , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychiatry , developmental psychology , neurology
Thirteen consecutive patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS) were treated with piribedil and were rated using an RLS rating scale (0–10) and subjective response (0–100%); 11/13 (85%) had improvement of their mean RLS scores with subjective response ranging from 30% to 100% (mean 74.6%). This pilot study suggests that piribedil is effective for RLS.
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