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Old 06-19-2009, 04:10 PM
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I think the first supplement to try is magnesium.

Magnesium blocks the pain receptors called NMDA.

Magnesium dilates constricted blood vessels (implicated in RSD symptoms)

Magnesium is deficient in up to 70% of Americans!

Magnesium also improves cramping/spasms.

I have a magnesium thread here: To start choose a good form (NOT magnesium oxide) and aim for 1/2 the RDA which would be 200mg elemental:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/showthread.php?t=1138

If you want other viewpoints? There are several good books out there by MDs who advocate magnesium.
Amazon carries them all.... just do a search.
One doctor is Jay Cohen, M.D.
You can check him out here:
http://www.medicationsense.com/about_cohen.html
Here is an excerpt from his book:
http://books.google.com/books?id=oD3...esult&resnum=7

The syndrome he relates in the introduction is a vasospastic disorder as well.
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