Today's true sports drinks are still the classic Gatorade -- packed with the electrolytes potassium, magnesium, calcium, and sodium to provide energy during intense workouts -- as well as competitors such as Cytomax, Allsport, and Accelerade.
Certain medications can also cause Charley horse as a result of their side effects. Drugs such as statins or medicines prescribed for lowering cholesterol, blood pressure, diuretics, asthma medicines like terbutaline and salbutamol, morphine and lithium can trigger muscle spasms.
Other non-P.A.D. common causes of leg pain may include: A muscle cramp (also called a charley horse), frequently caused by the following: Dehydration or low amounts of potassium, sodium, calcium, or magnesium in the blood. Medications, such as diuretics, which can cause you to lose too much fluid or minerals.