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Originally Posted by pstinard

I found one scholarly article on the use of soap to treat RLS and fibromyalgia here. The author seems to think that it is the scent of the soap that matters, and he developed a skin patch with soap scent:

Soap-scented oil skin patch in the treatment of fibromyalgia: A case series

And here is the article by Dr. Gott referenced in the above article:

Daily Column

I read that in my RLS and soap Google search! Amazing that a thing like scent could possibly have those results in some. There were pages on Google on this soap/RLS thing!

I've had some awful leg cramps after long days and used to have RLS almost every January and even now after a long day my legs will cramp/hurt & legs feel restless at times. Going to try a bar of soap(!) under the sheets myself - believe it or not. Even if it's just placebo effect, if it would help, why not - lol.