Long-term follow-up on restless legs syndrome patients treated with opioids

Movement Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1105-1109

  Walters, Arthur S ^a,f,g   Winkelmann, Juliane ^b   Trenkwalder, Claudia ^b   Fry, June M ^c   Kataria, Vandana ^d   Wagner, Mary ^d   Sharma, Rakesh ^e   Hening, Wayne ^f,g   Li, Liren ^f  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Opiates; Opioids; Periodic limb movements in sleep; Restless legs syndrome; Sleep; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BROMOCRIPTINE; CLONAZEPAM; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; DIHYDROCODEINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GABAPENTIN; LEVODOPA; LORAZEPAM; METHADONE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; OXYGEN; PERGOLIDE; TILIDINE; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HANGOVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIGRAINE; MONOTHERAPY; OPIATE ADDICTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; WAKEFULNESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035526254     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.1214     Document Type: Article

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