Some other measures like elimination of caffeine, smoking
and alcohol (if present) can be very helpful. Getting better sleep and exercise can help some persons affected by restless legs. Drugs include carbidopa-levodopa, opioids , tramadol can be helpful for intermittent symptoms, carbamazepine, clonazepam, diazepam, triazolam, and clonidine can be used for persistant symptoms. Also, recently, gabapentin (Neurontin) has been found helpful.