Rest Cramps Clinical Trial
Official title:
Magnesium Status & Effect of Magnesium Infusions on Rest Cramps
This study sets out to show whether infusions of magnesium can lessen the frequency of rest cramps and to determine whether rest cramp sufferers have a deficiency in magnesium.
Subjects will be randomized to receive 5 days of 4 hour IV infusions of D5W either with or without 20 mmol magnesium sulfate added. Twenty four hour urinary excretion of magnesium will be determined on the first day of infusions to assess whether magnesium deficiency is present. Ten normal controls will also undergo a single infusion and collection of urine to serve as a comparison group for the urinary excretion data. ;
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment