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Constant excruciating leg cramps

Chronic Pain | Last Active: Sep 26 3:42pm | Replies (97)

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Same problems with the cramps - other suggestions:
be sure to stay well hydrated (even in the middle of the night if the cramps strike), also OTC Hyland anti leg cramp meds and I take prescription muscle cramp relievers - omeprazole in my instance (PRN)

Lastly, I keep an electric massager plugged on my bed (~$30-40 at Walmart) to turn on and use if needed. I kind of push the vibrating ends into the painful muscles (usually calves or thighs), sometimes really almost gouging with the more pointed ends - there are choices. That gets to the spasms in the leg muscles which can get to feeling like stone.

I also stretch my calf muscle. I lean against my bed with my feet pressed against the floor , sometimes knead the calves with my own fingers.

Good luck to you all. I know how painful it can be.

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I see I made a mistake above about the prescription medication I take for leg cramps. I take baclofen not omeprazole as I wrote earlier.

There are other anti-cramp/spasm prescription meds too similar to baclofen.

Good luck all in finding relief from those cramps which can be so agonizing! There really are effective ways to help prevent them and relieve them when they strike (like a bolt of lightening, right?).