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Originally posted by petr:
Try drinking pickle juice, or eating mustard when they hit. Something about the turmeric. Of course the prevention is what others have mentioned above.

This to answer your original question for right now relief. At least works for my similar occasional night cramps.

Mrs slosig takes Calm, a magnesium supplement regularly.

I take it to calm leg cramps when I wake up in the middle of the night cramping. That and a hot shower, on massage, on the leg, as hot as I can stand it. Usually goes away in two or three minutes. Stretching before bed can often help avoid them. Dehydration increases the likelihood that the leg ramps will show up.

My wife gets frequent leg cramps. Dill Pickle juice does the trick for her. Drink a few tablespoons of it and it only takes a minute or two to work. She has been doing that for years.

Magnesium daily for prevention. Pickle juice if it happens.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
I used to suffer nightly leg and foot cramps – nearly every night. Then I began taking a daily magnesium supplement (for some other reason). The magnesium supplement didn’t help that “other reason”, but it ended my nightly leg and foot cramps.

Same here. I was having leg cramps at night. The wife added magnesium to my daily dose of supplements and no more leg cramps.