RE: magnesium upper tolerable limit

[Guest guest]

>anyone give me info to assess if this is TOO MUCH magnesium. since october,i've been dealing with sharply increased shortness of breath plus chestpain, which so far haven't found a clear reason for.

Hi Kendra:

I do know that too much magnesium can mess w/your heart. FYI, I have copied and pasted some problems w/hypermag. And yes, you can take too much magnesium and be in serious trouble.

Nikki

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Hypermagnesemia is most common in patients whose kidneys cannot excrete the magnesium they derive from food or take as medication. This condition can also develop in patients who take magnesium salts, or in healthy people who use large quantities of magnesium-containing antacids, laxatives, or analgesics (pain relievers).

Magnesium poisoning can cause severe diarrhea in young people, and mask the symptoms of other illnesses. Very high overdoses can lead to coma. The risk of complications of magnesium poisoning is greatest for:

Elderly people with inefficient kidney function

Patients with kidney problems or intestinal disorders

People who use antihistamines, muscle relaxants, or narcotics.

Severe dehydration or an overdose of supplements taken to counteract hypomagnesemia can also cause this condition.

People who have hypermagnesemia may feel flushed and drowsy, perspire heavily, and have diarrhea. Breathing becomes shallow, reflexes diminish, and the patient becomes unresponsive. Muscle weakness and hallucinations are common. The patient's heart beat slows dramatically and blood pressure plummets. Extreme toxicity, which can lead to coma and cardiac arrest, can be fatal.

[Guest guest]

fyi, my doc left a voice message today saying that the only info in medical

lit on toxic magnesium is when the person also has renal failure. and she

thinks my kidneys are fine. so she thinks i should be safe to use mag for

constipation.

another page in the mystery . . .

[Guest guest]

Hi--that's good news... refresh our memory though--how much were you getting per day--wasn't it somewhere around 1500 mg's or something like that? If it were me I'd personally definitely continue to take some magnesium BUT on the other hand, I'd work at trying to find a lower dose and see if some of those other things you were talking about would go away at the lower dose, but still be able to maintain the benefits to the stool/constipation issue. kendra wrote: fyi, my doc left a voice message today saying that the only info in medicallit on toxic magnesium is when the person also has renal failure. and shethinks my kidneys are fine. so she thinks i should be safe to use mag forconstipation.another page in the mystery . . .

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