Restless legs remedy.

• Author: SerVaas, Cory
• Position: Reader Mail - Letter to the Editor

Dear Dr. SerVaas:

I, too, have a problem with restless legs, but our doctor put me on quinine sulfate tablets, 260 mg. I take one as needed, maybe once or twice a week, and it works for me.

Irene Marder

Dacula, Georgia

Readers also report that quinine-containing tonic water soothes their mild RLS symptoms.

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