Hi Vivi Thanks for the info. I will talk to him about it. I also read up on line about eating apricots and some other things that have a load of potassium and things to help cramping. We will see what happens. I do take 1200 mg of Calcium with D every day. Thanks for your input! Barb
On Jun 11, 6:58 am, Vivi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Leg, foot and hand cramps are a continuing problem for me. At first I > used calcium and that helped with the leg cramps for a while but the > effect did not last. I can't take quinine because I have tinnitus and > quinine makes that worse. But a pharmacologist I know suggested I try > cilostazol (generic name for Pletal) and it improved things > considerably. From time to tim I still get leg cramps but not nearly > as often nor as severe as they were; also, they're easier to loosen up > either by walking and/or by massage. Ask your onc about trying > cilostazol: mine had no objection to it at all and was so interested > in the results that she now prescribes it for her other Gleevec > patients who can't manage with just calcium. Vivi > > On Jun 11, 12:36 am, Barb in AZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
