Hi Karen,
Klonipin is not a pain med. It is in the family of bensodiazepine, which is used at times for seizure disorders, Parkinson's or as a anti-anxiety drug.
It works on the central nervous system and they have been using it to treat restless leg for a while now. Still, requip is the only one so far that is FDA approved.
I take it at bedtime, so all I know is that I can sleep pain free, so that is a good thing and also that one would have to back down quite slowly. My body is quite used to it so therefore I am sure that I would have some sort of redrawals if I just up and quit taking it.
So far in there research, something is misfiring in the brain and sending the wrong signal to the legs. That is pretty much how my sleep doc explained it.
Thanks again for your input,
Judy