leg cramps

Can Hepatitis C cause severe leg cramps at night and if so what vitamin or over the counter medicine can help this? We are currently taking Milkthistle 2000 mgs a day.

[lalapple]

i haven't heard of that before.  but i do feel like i have restless leg syndrome just randomly when i'm at rest.  it goes away after a short time so not a big bother.  i take Stresstabs

[alijee]

leg cramps is common caused byHCV. in jan-2003 i started feeling leg cramps and tiredness. Finally dr was able to detect HCV positive. I continuousely felt leg cramps and tiredness through out 6 years. Dont put yourself on self medication. Go to dr and let him to decide what is to give you.

[kconn14]

I was just diagnosed last week with hepC but have had leg cramps, usually at night, for years. I take 500mg of Magnesium at night before I go to bed and have no problems with cramps til sometime in the early am so I take another dose and I'm pretty much cramp free.
Until I read these postings I had no idea there was a connection between cramping and the liver.
Hope this is helpful

kconn

[agatha56]

Go to mayo clinic and type in leg cramps. There are many different things that can cause leg cramps or it could be nothing at all. You need to be evaluated for the cause.

[hopeful51]

This sounds crazy however it does work and everyone I know who I have told this to has tryed it and it works.
Put a bar of soap any kind in bed with you down by your legs .
I don't know if the sodium( yes lots of sodium in soap) in the soap or what it helps.
The Meds. from tx can cause cramps...and the soap still helps
A very old wives tale yep and isn't that better than drugs.
And it makes you sheets smell good

Let me know after you try what you think.
Good Luck
Hopeful51

[IMstacie]

I've had bad leg cramps for years.  Actually, muscle cramps all over.  I had no idea it could have been related to the HepC.  Anyway, I took potassium only when I started cramping.  It worked like an asprin, in 20 min.  But, that was before tx.  I try not to take much of anything while on tx.

[susan400]

Ha-Ha, I do the bar of soap thing in my bed, too.!!   Read about it in an advice column.  Also, I periodically take a supplemental zinc, as that was recommended, too.  I don't take the zinc daily, just whenever the cramps start up again and then, it's only like, 1 pill of it.  I get plenty enough potassium and magnesium as my blood tests have shown, so I must be eating enough of it in my diet.

Susan400

[itzallgood]

thought I was really falling apart when my thighs were acting like I climbed Mt. everest.....  thigh cramps at night are not nice...  But I dont understand the bar of soap.....? it has salt, but ya'll aren't EATING it are youLOL // what do you do with it?? I will be calling my doc this week and if i learn anything new i will definitely share it with you guys.; thanks.

[jjball1959]

I have been suffering for years with leg cramps. I have end stage liver disease from Hep C. Want to answer alot of questions. Nsaids thin your blood, and that is why they do not recommend them your spleen will become enlarged from the liver disease and that will start to eat your platelets and your platelet count will drop, Mine has been as low as 20,000 Normal is in the hundredths of thousands, so I bleed easily and for a prolonged time, so that is the problem with Nsaids. Tylenol is recommended at a certain dosage 500 mg twice a day. I save mine for night time so I can try to control pain at night. I have been through the drugs for hep c, 3 times. INterferon****pedalated interferon and I was a nonresponder. I also experience severe muscle cramps all over my body. I take 2000 mg mangnesium a day, zinc, vitamin d, vitamin c, I drink diet tonic water with quinine. And I still suffer, some days are good but most days I have cramps. And no doctor wants you to take narcotics to control pain, your liver cannot process certain things. For those who just was diagnosed. Go to a gastroenterologist. I have a great one. Dr. Kevin Westra in Harrisburg PA. I am also on the list for a liver at the Hershey Medical Center, but most people never make it to transplant. There are alot of things for you to find out. Research, never stop researching and finding out everything. They are soon coming out with a new treatment, I'm not sure I know it is an interferon based drug, and even though they will never put my Hep C in remission, I will probably try it just to releive symptoms. Anybody who have questions can contact me at ***@****. I will try to help you.

Joyce

[curiouslady1]

leg cramps at night are not uncommon in people as they get to be seniors.  adequate water intake will help a great deal.  

[hepman]

the leg cramps every night im afraid to wiggle toes hands arms stretching and exersize make it worse  Motrin causes to many problems with shout liver i get a foot and leg massage almost every day and it really helps i wish i can get them in the evenings

[hepman]

soap only works wen i rap tinfoil around my head and im making puppy slippers in the paw paw pach