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I had stunningly painful leg cramps (more like leg jackknifings) when I tried various statins to lower cholesterol. If you're on any medications, check the side effects. A good, experienced pharmacist can review your prescription record to see if you've filled prescriptions for drugs known to trigger leg cramps. There are various forms of magnesium that prevent leg cramps for a lot of people. Also prescription drugs that can help. The best advice is to ask your doctor of course bur leg cramps can usually be alleviated.
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I have had those painful leg and foot cramps and my dr. gave me a prescription for quinine
sulfate 324mg. it's inexpensive and works. I've been on it 10 years with one pill at night and
no side effects.
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@callalloo @linda125 Good point. I was having terrible leg pains, so bad it was difficult to get from my bed to the bathroom in the morning and that's not further than 12'. I mentioned it to a friend and she immediately asked if I was on a statin. I was so I called my doctor and he tried taking me off of it and the pains went away. I am not now on a statin but fortunately my cholesterol is borderline so not too bad without medication.
JK