FYI Contact and re Quinine

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Hi Group,

Trying to send this again. There were NO attachments last time. Does this

program think URLs and mail addresses are attachments? Or maybe it was my

signature. Anyhoo, here's the message. Hope it goes thru this time.

Hi RLS Group,

Never knew Dr. Levin - sounds like he was a very special part of this group!

" Bill " asked me to pass this information on to you. There IS someone who is

willing and able to answer your RLS questions.

Dr. Mark J. Buchfuhrer will respond to your questions. Contact him by writing

to somno@... and come to the Southern California RLS Support Group

homepage at http://surf.to/rls . Many of your questions might be answered on

those pages. Dr. B is truly an amazing man....I just found out he also

maintains the site!

Change of subject alert: Re Quinine

When I was first diagnosed with RLS way back in the early '80s Quinam was

prescribed, the Rx version of quinine sulfate capsules. When I wasn't being

prescribed the Quinam any longer (yech, that horrid taste!) I tried the quinine

sulfate and sometimes Q-Vel. Both were somewhat helpful but I had to take so

much of the quinine to be effective. And overdosing made me nauseous and made

my hearing go out of whack...as if I was under water. I'm absolutely amazed at

the person taking 650 mg!!! No ill effects? I recommend that you find

something else because there ARE more effective meds available.

Cheers,

Joyce