A member asked:

I have severe nocturnal muscle spasms (legs/feet/thighs) when tapering off prednisone. what could be causing this and how can i treat/prevent it?

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Dr. Thomas Byrnes answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Stretching: Don't know why tapering off Prednisone would trigger nocturnal leg cramps. Gentle yoga type stretching held for a full 2-3 minutes has helped others with chrons disease who take a lot of Prednisone and have nocturnal leg cramps. Safer than meds when done properly.

Answered 6/30/2014

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