Restless Leg Syndrome

[jfsully]

Now I'm not a doctor or anything, but I have heard from several friends that are who share the opinion that restless leg syndrome isn't real. Its given this name so that pharmaceutical companies can market medicine to it and make a profit.

I appreciate the well-founded cynicism, but they are wrong in this case.

I get it though, it’s something about the name, I think: it’s too basic and descriptive. Maybe they would feel better if the syndrome had a more sciencey name? If we called it “nocturnal sensorimotor quasi-allodynia,” would that make them feel better?