Suggest Treatment For Pain In Arm And Thigh

Posted on Tue, 21 Jul 2015

Question: Is severe painful arm & thigh spasm related to kidney problems with dialysis???

Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (6 hours later)

Brief Answer:
could be related to dialysis

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for the query

Spasm of the muscles are well known with dialysis. It is either due to excess removal of water beyond your dry weight causing dehydration or it could be due to low calcium levels in the body due to dialysis

Here is how you should go about it

1. Get your calcium levels and serum albumin level checked
2. Next time during dialysis ask for a doctor of dialysis to re assess you for your dry weight
3. tab l- carnitine is a wonderful drug for this type of pain

I hope I was of help, if you have any further queries please get back to me

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (14 hours later)

"tab l- carnitine" exactly what kind?
" don’t substitute one form of carnitine for another" ??????.
how much in tab?
Is it the same as L-Carnitine????

Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (55 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Levocarnite

Detailed Answer:
Hello

I usually give 330 mg twice a day. I comes as Levocarnite, i usually give Lacarnite 330 mg twice a day and I have seen good results with it

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar