Chronic back pain cured by low-dose levodopa: is it a variant of restless legs syndrome?

Chronic back pain is one of the most common reasons for missed work and visits to the doctor. This report presents 2 interesting cases of chronic back pain that were effectively relieved by low-dose levodopa. These 2 patients showed no sign of anatomical problem of the spine or relative structures,...

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Autores principales: Zeng, Zhi-Fen, Liang, Yan-Ran, Chen, Ying, Jing, Xiu-Na, Peng, Su-Dan, Tao, En-Xiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Case Series
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5799854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29440925
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S156894
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author Zeng, Zhi-Fen
Liang, Yan-Ran
Chen, Ying
Jing, Xiu-Na
Peng, Su-Dan
Tao, En-Xiang
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description Chronic back pain is one of the most common reasons for missed work and visits to the doctor. This report presents 2 interesting cases of chronic back pain that were effectively relieved by low-dose levodopa. These 2 patients showed no sign of anatomical problem of the spine or relative structures, but the discomforts on the back manifested some characteristics resembling those in restless legs syndrome (RLS), and one of them actually developed RLS after many years of back problem. We believe that this type of chronic back pain might be a variant of RLS, which we would like to call “restless back”, and it can be effectively treated by dopaminergic drugs.
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spelling pubmed-57998542018-02-13 Chronic back pain cured by low-dose levodopa: is it a variant of restless legs syndrome? Zeng, Zhi-Fen Liang, Yan-Ran Chen, Ying Jing, Xiu-Na Peng, Su-Dan Tao, En-Xiang J Pain Res Case Series Chronic back pain is one of the most common reasons for missed work and visits to the doctor. This report presents 2 interesting cases of chronic back pain that were effectively relieved by low-dose levodopa. These 2 patients showed no sign of anatomical problem of the spine or relative structures, but the discomforts on the back manifested some characteristics resembling those in restless legs syndrome (RLS), and one of them actually developed RLS after many years of back problem. We believe that this type of chronic back pain might be a variant of RLS, which we would like to call “restless back”, and it can be effectively treated by dopaminergic drugs. Dove Medical Press 2018-02-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5799854/ /pubmed/29440925 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S156894 Text en © 2018 Zeng et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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Chronic back pain cured by low-dose levodopa: is it a variant of restless legs syndrome?
title Chronic back pain cured by low-dose levodopa: is it a variant of restless legs syndrome?
title_full Chronic back pain cured by low-dose levodopa: is it a variant of restless legs syndrome?
title_fullStr Chronic back pain cured by low-dose levodopa: is it a variant of restless legs syndrome?
title_full_unstemmed Chronic back pain cured by low-dose levodopa: is it a variant of restless legs syndrome?
title_short Chronic back pain cured by low-dose levodopa: is it a variant of restless legs syndrome?
title_sort chronic back pain cured by low-dose levodopa: is it a variant of restless legs syndrome?
topic Case Series
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5799854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29440925
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S156894
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