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==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 <ref>* [http://www.rls.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=471&srcid=-2 RLS Foundation]</ref> received 44% of its $1.4 million in funding from these pharmaceutical groups<ref>[http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19225755.100-patient-groups-special-swallowing-the-best-advice.html Marshall, Jessica, and Peter Aldhous. "Patient Groups Special."  New Scientist, 10/26/06]</ref>. 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.


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