Research · Systematic review
Magnesium for skeletal muscle cramps
What it found
Unlikely to reduce cramp frequency or severity in older adults (moderate certainty); pregnancy data inconsistent; more GI side effects.
- Design
- Systematic review
- Year
- 2020
- Sample size
- 735
- Population
- adults with skeletal muscle cramps
- Intervention
- oral/IV magnesium
- Outcome
- cramp frequency and severity
- Journal
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Citation last checked 2026-06-21.