is benadryl has it's role in nocternal cramps?

Question

Benadryl a commen name cough formula is antihistaminic but apart frome use in cough it might have another indications .may it be nocternal cramps?

Answer 1

Use herbal medicine to control cough
Like ginger + honey
pepper power with honey
Tulas juice




When u have cough and cold or respiratory symptoms u breath via the mouth which lead to more water evaporation - this can lead to muscle cramps

so drink lot of water

Standing for long - can cause cramps in a hot day

can check if u have varicose veins -
Source(s):

http://www.answers.com/topic/diphenhydra...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query...

Answer 2

Since my graduation from medical school in 1968 I had been prescribing diphenhydramine (Benadryl) for night cramps with very satisfactory results; it had been the only drug mentioned for this condition in the Harrison's Textbook of Medicine of that period. When the drug was deleted from the local markets about 15 years ago and Harrison's Textbook of Medicine also stopped promoting it, I had to shift to an older medicine, quinine sulphate, although it was available in only a few pharmacies. Moreover, a few philosophising pharmacists would send patients back to remind me that the drug was for malaria.

Therefore, it was a pleasant surprise for me to learn that my old friend diphenhydramine had recently come back to the market, wearing a paracetamol mask under the name Panadol Night, even though muscle cramps are not mentioned as one of its indications.