leg spasms/cramps
Marsden51(AT)aol.com
Wed, 8 Jul 1998 09:00:58 EDT
I forgot to tell you all that I started having those killer leg cramps again.
I went back on the Klonopin after being off of it for 2 months. I talked to
my neurologist about the cramps and he told me to keep taking the Klonopin but
when I start having the cramps to take calcium/magneseum supplements for a
week and a half. He said he doesn't want me to take them all the time because
then there's the danger of getting hypercalcinemia (sp?). My sister in law
gets the leg cramps too (she has Hepatitis C) and she swears by SlowMag. She
says it really helps her, but she takes it all the time and her doctor said
she could take up to 12 a day. I will follow my neurologist's suggestions and
take it the way he says because he knows me and I trust him. I appreciate the
fact that he tells me to take vitamins and supplements instead of always
giving me another medication. So many doctors act like vitamins and
supplemements are voodoo. LOL...
Sharon M. (from Arizona)