a positive controlled trial of IM Mag - Re: Magnesium-

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I don't know why it is so helpful. I can't function without it IV. I

suppose I could do it IM but I hate the little cysts that form. I

prefer the magnesium chloride for tolerance.

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> I did about 5 minutes of googling (including with their products

> search) and didn't find anything.

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> I did happen across a study I don't think I have cited - it's a very

> interesting one, an actual placebo-controlled trial of IM Mg, and it's

> positive.

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> Below is the abstract of the study, which is also discussed on this

> webpage:

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> http://www.attract.wales.nhs.uk/question_answers.cfm?question_id=1363

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> The hypotheses that patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have

> low red blood cell magnesium and that magnesium treatment would

> improve the wellbeing of such patients were tested in a case-control

> study and a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial,

> respectively. In the case-control study, 20 patients with CFS had

> lower red cell magnesium concentrations than did 20 healthy control

> subjects matched for age, sex, and social class (difference 0.1

> mmol/l, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.05 to 0.15). In the clinical

> trial, 32 patients with CFS were randomly allocated either to

> intramuscular magnesium sulphate every week for 6 weeks (15 patients)

> or to placebo (17). Patients treated with magnesium claimed to have

> improved energy levels, better emotional state, and less pain, as

> judged by changes in the Nottingham health profile. 12 of the 15

> treated patients said that they had benefited from treatment, and in 7

> patients energy score improved from the maximum to the minimum. By

> contrast, 3 of the 17 patients on placebo said that they felt better

> (difference 62%, 95% CI 35 to 90), and 1 patient had a better energy

> score. Red cell magnesium returned to normal in all patients on

> magnesium but in only 1 patient on placebo. The findings show that

> magnesium may have a role in CFS.

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> PMID: 1672392 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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