Can Topiramate Cause Restless Leg Syndrome

42 Side effects include the normal anticonvulsant adverse effects.

Can topiramate cause restless leg syndrome. After a few months per phone conversation with husband the patient was reported to be asymptomatic and remained off topiramate since discharge. Our experience is that these medications can help patients fall asleep but do not help the leg sensations much except in milder cases. Restless legs syndrome can be very troublesome but it has no serious physical complications.

Druginformer Identified Side Effects. Topamax has active ingredients of topiramate. Cmt and restless leg syndrome.

Her medications included aspirin 81 mg daily pramipexole 05 mg at bedtime albuterol inhaler as needed buspirone 50 mgday risperidone 1 mg at bedtime and topiramate TPM 100 mg twice a day for depression. But for some masturbation might have. In rare cases it has actually caused rls.

Two patients cases 1 and 2 developed myoclonus and the other 2 had restless leg syndrome RLS cases 3 and 4. I havent been on Topiramate very long only a couple of months. Restless leg syndrome can also be caused by various medical conditions like iron-deficiency anemia peripheral neuropathy Parkinsons varicose veins fibromyalgia hyper or hypothyroidism Amyloidosis lyme disease or Rheumatoid arthritis and Sjögren syndrome.

Side effects include sleepiness ataxia and weight gain. There is often an unpleasant feeling in the legs that improves somewhat by moving them. The only way to find out is to try it.

Symptoms appear to follow the circadian rhythm usually getting worse at night and often interfering with sleep. Request PDF On May 1 2009 Pedro Emilio Bermejo published Restless legs syndrome induced by topiramate. The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people take Topamax and have Restless legs syndrome.