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Restless legs syndrome future or investigational therapies

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Future or Investigational Therapies

Future or Investigational Therapies

Controversies

Recently, several major pharmaceutical companies are reported to be marketing drugs without an explicit approval for RLS, which are “off-label” applications for drugs approved for other diseases. The Restless Leg Foundation [1] received 44% of its $1.4 million in funding from these pharmaceutical groups[2]. This has called into question the neutrality of this group (significant conflict of interest issue) and the course of action which they recommend to RLS patients.

References

References

  1. ↑ * RLS Foundation
  2. ↑ Marshall, Jessica, and Peter Aldhous. “Patient Groups Special.” New Scientist, 10/26/06

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