MEDIA: Television piece on RLS and Mirapex (Pramipexole)

[Guest guest]

Howdy,

Thanks to my ever-observant nephew , for spotting a " Dr. Bob Lanier's

60-second Housecall " on TV today (Feb 15).

See below for script; for more info go to: http://www.askdrbob.com .

Feedback can be sent to Dr Bob at Lanierb@flashnet .

Carry on,

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ANCHOR TAG: Next Housecall, good news for millions of Americans with

Restless legs - a

brand new drug approved for Parkinson's disease seems to be the ticket. Tune

in Monday

for more

February 15 Monday RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME A NEW DRUG

ANCHOR LEAD: If you ever have ever had someone sit behind you in a movie or an

airplane and just kick the devil out of the back of your seat - you just

want to turn around

and smack them. According to Dr. Bob Lanier - when you turn around, you may

find - not

an unruly child, but a terribly embarrassed older person. There is good news

about

Restless legs when we come back.

Good news on restless legs. Now to someone who doesn't have this, it sounds

silly -

nervous restless legs - what's the big deal. But for up to ten percent of

the population -

mostly elderly people it's a nightmare. ((** People with RLS - or Restless

Leg Syndrome

can't sleep .. there legs are going to it - shaking and kicking. They can't

go to movies for

fear of making the person in front of them angry - they have trouble in

airplanes for the

same reason. But the good news is a compound recently approved by the FDA

for the

shakiness of Parkinsons - works for restless legs. Your doctor is going to

hate me for this,

but get a pencil - the name is PRA MIP EX OLE. Doctors in Dallas and

Houston, have just

finished a trial showing excellent results with low levels of the drug. **))

There were some

side effects - but they were generally not that bad. Pra mip ex ole is not

officially approved

for RLS - but doctors will be using it that way anyway. Ask your doctor and

check out my

website at askdrbob.com. For the Sixty Second Housecall, I'm Dr. Bob Lanier.

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Reference Neurology 51:1221-1223

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