Have you ever thought of compounding you own magnesium cream. I can probably help you with this if you want to email me the ingredients in that cream and the dosage which will appear probably as mg/ml. I also need to know what time of magnesium is in the cream. If you compound it your self the dosage may be slightly of but not far enough to cause harm.

I personally take oral magnesium a take one over the counter pill in the morning and if my spasms are really bad then I will take another one in the evening.

This was very helpful.....I did'nt know there was a cream or magnesium pill that could be taken for muscle pain. I wish you would post the product on this post as I would like to try it.

dalecl - I was thinking of trying this drink found at http://www.betterway2health.com/CALM-magnesium.htm.
I currently get my topical cream through a pharmacy and it's about 50 bucks per 100 gm tube.
This is what the sheet has
Magnesium/MSM VP-E5 15/10% Cream. I'd love to find a cheaper route. Thanks.

I just wanted to add that magnesium w/loosen stools and sometimes cause the D. Proceed w/caution on implementing or increasing dosage.

Now I found the Magnesium under the Treatments. I really like that feature of the board.

Thanks for the info on this. Since constipation is such a problem with pain meds the loose stools might be a good thing Ha! You know I never think to look under Treatments...I'm going to remember that!

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I recently flew from Fla. to Europe and by the time I got there, was having muscle spasms in my thighs and at n9ght, hands would cramp. Doctor said magnesium would help and so I bought some, with calcium and potassium. It helped immediately, bu don't know if the pottasium and calcium are a plus or not. I didn't know there was a cream and am grateful tp learn about it.

This is very interesting. I have not heard of Magnesium alone for muscle cramps and/or pain. I thought I was up on the latest, but always something to learn. I was told to increase my calcium and take vitamin E each day. I will look at trying th topical because, I would love something that helped more with muscle spasms and cramps in my legs. Thanks all of you!

Ok, so this can get scary if applying topically then taking orally. Are there any resources on a therapeutic dose?

Personally, I'm planning on talking to my doctor because I soak in epsom salts and use this topical stuff , so I'm not sure how much I absorb. Then I also have kidney stones and I don't want to mess w/that.
Some Guidelines:
http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/magnesium.asp
Thanks for all the input.