Mountcastle Vein Centers

Restless Leg Syndrome, Leg Cramps

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"Secondary" Restless Leg Symptoms:

"Primary" (idiopathic) Restless Leg Sydrome (RLS) is thought to be a brain centered problem involving central nervous system iron stores and iron metabolism. The only effective treatments discovered to date are the dopaminergic agents, such as Sinemet, and dopamine agonist drugs such as Requip, Mirapex, Parlodel, Permax and some of the sedative drugs.

"Secondary" Restless Leg Symptoms: Many of the symptoms of RLS are also experienced by patients with venous insufficiency, including itching, tingling, crawling sensations, and restlessness, a compelling urge to move the legs to relieve uncomfortable sensations. The only pump for venous blood is movement of the leg muscles. At night, the brain sends messages to the legs to keep moving to pump out the edema fluid that has accumulated all day. Extracellular, 'edema' fluid returns to the vascular system. Some suggest that this edema, movement and return of extracellular fluids causes "secondary" restless leg symptoms and that more than 85% of patients who have both RLS symptoms and venous valve failure are dramatically helped when veins with failed valves are closed.

Certainly, venous insufficiency causing pain should be treated. These patients greatly benefit from the improved vascular hemodynamics that results from treatment and have relief of their pain. These patients also often have relief of what they have interpreted as 'restless leg' symptoms.


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Mountcastle Vein Centers

Palm Harbor
(US-19 & Alderman Road)
Serving the cities of:
Dunedin, Palm Harbor,
New Port Richey, Odessa

34918 US-19 N
Palm Harbor, FL 34684
Largo
(at the HCA Largo Medical Center Campus)
Serving the cities of:
Belleair, Seminole,
Clearwater

168 14th St. S.W.
Largo, FL 33770
Largo
(Brian Dairy)
Serving the cities of:
Seminole, Pinellas Park,
Clearwater

7241 Bryan Dairy Road
Largo, FL 33777


St. Petersburg
(Isla del Sol)
Serving the cities of:
St. Pete Beach, Tierra Verde,
Maximo, Gulfport

5901 Sun Boulevard, Suite #113A
St. Petersburg, FL 33715
Sun City Center
(Upper Creek Drive)
Serving the cities of:
Tampa, Wimauma,
Ruskin, Apollo Beach

4040 Upper Creek Drive, Suite #105
Sun City Center, FL 33573


Call (727) 865-6941 in Pinellas County.

Call (813) 634-1333 in Hillsborough County.

Toll free 888-875-6941

Daniel J. Mountcastle, MD, FAAEM, Director
Board Certified
Ohio State University College of Medicine,
Class of 1974
Specialty Practice for Leg Veins,
Member of American College of Phlebology