# Spasms - how do you cope? **URL:** \ **Category:** Primary progressive MS\ **Created:** [13 September 2023 12:32 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spasms-how-do-you-cope/73285 "2023-09-13T12:32:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Blackhill43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@Blackhill43](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Blackhill43)\ **Post date:** [13 September 2023 12:32 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spasms-how-do-you-cope/73285/1 "2023-09-13T12:32:31Z")
Do any of you wonderful people deal with the annoyance and pain of spasms. I suffer most evenings and throughout the night with spasms in my left arm and leg . I cant remember the last time I was not up for hours in the middle of the night with the pain. What drugs if any do you guys take to help ---
**Author:** ![whammel](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/user_avatar/forum.mssociety.org.uk/whammel/32/1005_2.png) [@whammel](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/whammel)\ **Post date:** [13 September 2023 16:10 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spasms-how-do-you-cope/73285/3 "2023-09-13T16:10:50Z")
Magnesium did the trick for me and no more restless legs. It’s a beneficial mineral and no harm in trying. ---
**Author:** ![GCCK](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/user_avatar/forum.mssociety.org.uk/gcck/32/3615_2.png) [@GCCK](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/GCCK)\ **Post date:** [13 September 2023 19:33 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spasms-how-do-you-cope/73285/4 "2023-09-13T19:33:33Z")
The most common prescription for MS spasms is for [Baclofen](https://bnf.nice.org.uk/drugs/baclofen/). An alternative could be [Tizanidine](https://bnf.nice.org.uk/drugs/tizanidine/). I’m currently being reviewed for a swap, or at least a trial of Tizanidine: both drugs have side effects but perhaps the side effects for Tizanidine will suit my metabolism better than Baclofen.