Welcome to our RLS (Restless Legs Syndrome) Support Group 

 

Next Meeting Info RLS Consultations Patient Letters RLS Medical Alert Card RLS Names Treatment Page

INFORMATION ON OUR NEXT MEETING

Sunday, February 12,  2012, from 1:30 - 3:30 P.M.

Note: Change in location back to Downey Regional Medical Center!!!!

Downey Regional Medical Center
11500 Brookshire Avenue
Downey, CA 90241
 

It will be held in Conference Room A - Everyone is welcome to come!

Click here for directions to Downey Regional Medical Center

Click here for more information on our next meeting



RLS PATIENT LETTERS AND MEDICAL REPLIES SECTION

    Read letters from RLS patients describing their problems and replies from an RLS medical expert.

Click the pages below to read the letters and replies.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93.94,95,96,97,98,99

Important: To receive a response to your email letter, please use complete sentences with correct spelling (use your spellchecker), punctuation and grammar. Avoid abbreviations (do not use Dr or doc instead of doctor or yrs instead of years), incomplete words and do not use ALL CAPS or no capitals (like i instead of I or for the first word of a sentence). Email letters that do not follow these rules will not be read and will not receive a response.

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EXPERT MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS FOR RLS

 Need help for your RLS?

If you live near southern California, Dr. Mark Buchfuhrer, the medical advisor of the Southern California Support Group is available for  consultations for both pediatric and adult RLS patients.  Dr. Buchfuhrer is a sleep and RLS specialist who is also on the Medical Advisory Board of the RLS Foundation, has co-authored several books and articles on RLS, has performed many research studies on RLS and has lectured around the country.

Dr. Buchfuhrer is also a consulting assistant professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and teaches/does research in the department of Sleep Medicine.

If you wish to see him for a consultation in his office, contact his office at the address below:

Mark J. Buchfuhrer, M.D.
11480 Brookshire Avenue, Suite 108
Downey, CA 90241
Tel:  562-904-1101


RLS MEDICAL ALERT CARDS

 Download a free pintable copy of our new RLS Medical Alert Card

Information about this card and how to order a hard copy of the card


RLS TREATMENT PAGE

The RLS/PLMD Treatment Page - Comprehensive Review of drugs used to treat RLS and PLMD.  This page contains all the drugs and different therapies used to treat RLS and PLMD and goes over them in detail.


If you want to search our site for any information please type it in the box below then click the Search button.

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OTHER INTERESTING RLS LINKS

Overview of the diagnosis & treatment of RLS    List of other names used by patients to describe RLS   

RLS Books    RLS news and events    Links to other sleep disorders and RLS websites

Minutes of our last & all previous meetings       View pictures of our old meetings 

Info on the RLS Foundation, Inc.    Coping with RLS Picture Page    RLS Poems


DISCLAIMER

The information and advice on RLS given on this web site is for educational purposes only.  None of the advice, information or medical treatments should be followed without the supervision of your medical provider.  The information presented on this site is not a substitute for your doctor, but should be used to help you discuss your RLS problem with your doctor.  Do not undertake RLS medication treatment on your own!  Please seek qualified professional medical care to help treat your RLS symptoms.


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Source: Southern California Restless Legs Support Group
http://www.rlshelp.org
This web site was last modified on Sunday, January 01, 2012.
Cartoon above was created and drawn by Robert Van Den Berghe.
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