Hi Mcate,

My husband is on dialysis and he used to get cramps a lot. He was taking quinine but the doctor took him off of it. She then told him to try magnesium oxide. He's had only a few episodes of cramping in the past few months since taking them. He takes one 400 mg tablet (241.3 Elemental Magnesium) twice a day and I think he takes one when he is being dialyzed. If you decide to try this, You should probably check with your doctor to make sure it's okay that you take these. I hope this helps.

Limit water intake and increase dialysis time as much as you can. In Europe they dialyze 6 hours each 3 times a week.

The best thing is to only gain the weight they say to gain and not more. It's hard but that's really the only thing that works.

i tried the magnesium and only had one cramp which they thought was because they were taking more than my dry weight so i think it will work thanks for the suggestion mcate

I suffer from cramping too. I was taking Quinine but, my old kidney doctor had to take me off of it quite awhile ago. Someone told me about taking vitamin E but, that didn't seem to be helping me either. I have problems with the fluid restrions because I'm taking 48 pills a day. Alot of my pills are to big to mix in with Apple Sauce. I also have a horrible gag reflex. Has anybody had any sucess using magnesuim oxide? Wouldn't that have milk of magnesuim that is high in phosphate?
Barfy

i take magnesium oxide under doct's ordres he is watching the magnesium mcate

MCate:

When the FDA banned quinine for relieving muscle cramps it left hemodialysis patients with few options to ease their suffering. Recently my company developed a solution that might interest you. Because the rules governing DailyStrength prohibit anything remotely commercial, I won't discuss it in detail here. Just Google for "Quellitall". I would be happy to answer any questions in private.

Chuck

magnesium helps,but just take you can get it in spray or capsule form.I think quinine is useless.also " earthing" may help.
Jacob

I can tell before I am going to cramp and I stop pulling fluid. I cramp if too much fluid is pulled. It is a constant balancing act.

Thanks Chuck for the tip about Quellitall. I take four tablets at the start of my session and have had NO cramps since. Dialysis is still, well, dialysis. But at least I don't dread it the way I used to.