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.
How to Get Rid of a Charley Horse. Two Methods: Treating Immediately Preventing Future Charley Horses. One horse that nobody wants is the charlie horseâthat wickedly painful cramping of your leg muscles that will stop you in the middle of whatever you're doing.It can happen on any part of your leg, and always at the least opportune of times.he best stretches for charlie horse prevention include quad stretches and lunges. 1  To perform a quad stretch, stand straight up and bend one knee. 2  Continue bending your knee as far as you can, and then grab your foot behind you and hold it for ten seconds.