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I too suffered from tremendous cramps both before and after kidney transplant. 25 days after my transplant I had to be taken over to the Mayp Phx ER for crippling cramps moving all over my body. I was told low magnesium level was the problem and could not tolerate it on its own and advised by a transplant team member to try over the counter SloMag which, taken daily, has solved the problem for 5+ years now.
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@tr1pol1sue, Welcome to Connect. I am happy to meet you. I have a liver and kidney transplant and I have not had the intense cramping that is being discussed here. How long ago did you get your kidney transplant? Do you still take the SloMag?
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Hi, @tr1pol1sue and welcome to Connect.
It sounds as those of you who were waiting for kidney transplants had cramps in common with those of is with liver problems waiting for transplants.
I took a very large dose of magnesium two times a day but the cramps persisted. I will never forget how bad the ones in my thighs were. I drank tonic water with quinine when I got cramps but I’m not sure if that helped or not. I continued to drink it because I figured it wouldn’t hurt, and I was afraid that if I didn’t the cramps might last longer.
JK