Improvement of Restless Legs Syndrome Under Treatment of Cancer Pain With Morphine and Fentanyl

Improvement of Restless Legs Syndrome Under Treatment of Cancer Pain With Morphine and Fentanyl

Restless-Legs-Syndrome (RLS), also known as Willis-Ekbom disease, is a sleep- and rest related disorder characterized by the unpleasant urge to move the legs. Pharmacological therapy is mainly based on dopamine-agonists and delta-2-alpha calcium channel ligands. Also, randomized-controlled-trials (R...

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Main Authors: Jan Gärtner, Karin Jaroslawski, Gerhild Becker, Christopher Boehlke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
restless-legs-syndrome
Willis-Ekbom disease
treatment
morphine
oxycodone
transdermal fentanyl
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2019.00457/full

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