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I have severe muscle cramps in legs mostly at nightime include background information that will enable doctors or dentists to answer your question.?

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Dr. Douglas Tavenner, jr. answered

Get off Sugars: Sugar items will stimulate leg cramps at night. Other items that will also do it are super saturated solutions like gatorade and sodas.

Answered 3/1/2013

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I have severe muscle cramps in legs mostly at nightime include background information that will enable doctors or dentists to answer your question.?

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