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From: elizat@shark.UUCP (Elizabeth Trojan)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: RE: Cramps
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Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 14:46:08 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 12 14:46:08 1985
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My mother spent some time in the hospital with her leg in traction after
a nasty car accident during which time she developed a tendency to get
leg cramps. Obviously for a person in traction this is an extreemly
uncomfortable situation and her doctor prescribed quinine for her. I suggest
to anyone suffering from muscle cramps to talk to their doctor about
getting a prescription for quinine. It was quite effective for my mother.
She continued to take quinine for a couple of years but eventually found
less and less need for it. There don't seem to be any negative side effects.


Elizabeth Trojan (tektronix@elizat)