TY - JOUR T1 - Restless Legs Syndrome: clinical features, diagnosis and a practical approach to management JF - Practical Neurology JO - Pract Neurol DO - 10.1136/practneurol-2017-001762 SP - practneurol-2017-001762 AU - Subhashie Wijemanne AU - William Ondo Y1 - 2017/11/02 UR - http://pn.bmj.com/content/early/2017/11/02/practneurol-2017-001762.abstract N2 - Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a chronic neurological disorder that interferes with rest and sleep. It has a wide spectrum of symptom severity, and treatment is started when symptoms become bothersome. Dopamine agonists and calcium channel apha-2-delta antagonists (gabapentin, gabapentin enacarbil and pregabalin) are first-line treatments; calcium channel alpha-2-deltas are preferred over dopamine agonists because they give less augmentation, a condition with symptom onset earlier in the day and intensification of RLS symptoms. Dopamine agonists can still be used as first-line therapy, but the dose should be kept as low as possible. Iron supplements are started when the serum ferritin concentration is ≤75 µg/L, or if the transferrin saturation is less than 20%. For severe or resistant RLS, a combined treatment approach can be effective. Augmentation can be very challenging to treat and lacks evidenced-based guidelines. ER -