An article on Ultram

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Dear Group:

A few months ago I read an article about Ultram being used quite

successfully for many people with RLS. In fact, I showed it (but did not

give it) to my doctor. Now I can't find it. (My house is being completely

remodeled and everything is in a mess, so it's not surprising I can't find

what I want.) Ultram has been very helpful in getting my legs quiet, and

if I stop it even for one day, the wiggling sets in. I also take clonazepan

because it stops the creepy-crawlies and keeps me calmer and helps me sleep.

My problem is, the pharmacy with my HMO now wants to provide only generics,

and of course Ultram has no generic. My doctor goes to battle for me each

time I need a 90-day refill, but he suggested that I copy that article, and

send it to the pharmacist, along with an explanation of how I have had RLS

for 70 years, and in it's severest form so that I got little or no sleep

for the past 10-15 years, and that Ultram has been the only medication that

has stopped the condition. He says that maybe the pharmacist will decide

that giving me the Ultram at their co-pay price is cheaper than having to

pay for all my medication for depression and psychotherapist visits, and

the multitude of problems that develop when one is stressed to the max.

So, please, if anyone knows the article I am speaking of, please let me

know where I can find it, or if you have it, e-mail me and I'll give you my

home address to snail mail a copy of it to me. I thought I'd seen it in a

RLSFoundation newsletter, but can't find it. I thought it might have come

from the Foundation in some other literature, and can't find it there.

Sorry I can't remember the title, but it talked about Ultram being helpful

in many RLS cases. Of course, right now, with all the remodeling going on,

I'm lucky to find my head, or the computer, and I certainly can't find my

memory!!!

Thanks guys.

Lynne Gessner

sdale, AZ