Anyone have dr recommend magnesium?

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Does anyone have a doctor who recommended magnesium citrate or another magnesium for their child's constipation?

Carol

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Does anyone have a doctor who recommended magnesium citrate or another magnesium for their child's constipation?  No, in fact my Dr. advised against strongly, when I asked her why, she said she thinks there might be aluminum in it. I haven't been able to find anything that suggests that... she keeps telling me to use miralax, and I continue to use milk of magnesium... I try not to use it every day... doing fruit-eze, vitamin c, lots of water, herblax, no lactose, no gluten, but MOM keeps him going... has anyone heard of aluminum concerns or other concerns with regular MOM usage?

Nadine

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Our naturopathic doctor Rondeau (www.wholeness.com) has recommended that

we give my daughter magnesium citrate with calcium for constipation. She didn't

have constipation when she was on the diet he recommended; the gluten-free

casein-free diet, but now she is off that diet and gets constipated. A bunch of

Moms on the yahoo group MB12Valtrex who give natural supplements to their

children with autism recommended magnesium citrate with calcium also.

The brand we use is Pure Encapsulations. My daughter is too little to swallow

capsules, so we break them open and mix them into baby food and then suck it

into a syringe and squirt it into her mouth. She takes two capsules in the

morning and two at night. Any less, and the constipation causes urinary tract

infections because of a structural abnormality she was born with in her urinary

tract that surgery could only fix so much.

Mel

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> Does anyone have a doctor who recommended magnesium citrate or another

> magnesium for their child's constipation?

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> Carol

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One of the reasons I quit using milk of magnesia is because my child couldn't handle the thick texture. Kid Calm is magnesium and you can mix in any drink, no grit. There is aluminum in pancake mix though..............I couldn't find the aluminum in it either. Ask her for documents to back up her theroy.Vitamin shoppe carry's, wellness practitioner's alsoTo: miralax Sent: Mon, May 28, 2012 10:17:23 PMSubject: Re: Anyone have dr recommend magnesium?

Does anyone have a doctor who recommended magnesium citrate or another magnesium for their child's constipation? No, in fact my Dr. advised against strongly, when I asked her why, she said she thinks there might be aluminum in it. I haven't been able to find anything that suggests that... she keeps telling me to use miralax, and I continue to use milk of magnesium... I try not to use it every day... doing fruit-eze, vitamin c, lots of water, herblax, no lactose, no gluten, but MOM keeps him going... has anyone heard of aluminum concerns or other concerns with regular MOM usage?

Nadine

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Thanks Mel, sounds like you were on the right track with the diet? was your dd on PEG? We had luck with Kid CalmTo:

miralax Sent: Tue, May 29, 2012 3:50:14 AMSubject: Re: Anyone have dr recommend magnesium?

Our naturopathic doctor Rondeau (www.wholeness.com) has recommended that we give my daughter magnesium citrate with calcium for constipation. She didn't have constipation when she was on the diet he recommended; the gluten-free casein-free diet, but now she is off that diet and gets constipated. A bunch of Moms on the yahoo group MB12Valtrex who give natural supplements to their children with autism recommended magnesium citrate with calcium also.

The brand we use is Pure Encapsulations. My daughter is too little to swallow capsules, so we break them open and mix them into baby food and then suck it into a syringe and squirt it into her mouth. She takes two capsules in the morning and two at night. Any less, and the constipation causes urinary tract infections because of a structural abnormality she was born with in her urinary tract that surgery could only fix so much.

Mel

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> Does anyone have a doctor who recommended magnesium citrate or another

> magnesium for their child's constipation?

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> Carol

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Sorry to jump in but there is a liquid Cal Mag by Bluebonnett. We use the blueberry flavor. Just place in oral syringe & follow by a sip of Rice Dream rice drink. This was also recommended by a nutritionist as more bioavailable than a powder form.

HTH.

Yvette

Re: Anyone have dr recommend magnesium?

Our naturopathic doctor Rondeau (www.wholeness.com) has recommended that we give my daughter magnesium citrate with calcium for constipation. She didn't have constipation when she was on the diet he recommended; the gluten-free casein-free diet, but now she is off that diet and gets constipated. A bunch of Moms on the yahoo group MB12Valtrex who give natural supplements to their children with autism recommended magnesium citrate with calcium also. The brand we use is Pure Encapsulations. My daughter is too little to swallow capsules, so we break them open and mix them into baby food and then suck it into a syringe and squirt it into her mouth. She takes two capsules in the morning and two at night. Any less, and the constipation causes urinary tract infections because of a structural abnormality she was born with in her urinary tract that surgery could only fix so much. Mel>> Does anyone have a doctor who recommended magnesium citrate or another > magnesium for their child's constipation? > > Carol>

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If you use Kid Calm, it tastes pretty bitter. We mixed it into PlumSmart...made it a lot better. But, Kid Calm works!

One of the reasons I quit using milk of magnesia is because my child couldn't handle the thick texture. Kid Calm is magnesium and you can mix in any drink, no grit. There is aluminum in pancake mix though..............I couldn't find the aluminum in it either. Ask her for documents to back up her theroy.Vitamin shoppe carry's, wellness practitioner's alsoTo: miralax Sent: Mon, May 28, 2012 10:17:23 PMSubject: Re: Anyone have dr recommend magnesium?

Does anyone have a doctor who recommended magnesium citrate or another magnesium for their child's constipation? No, in fact my Dr. advised against strongly, when I asked her why, she said she thinks there might be aluminum in it. I haven't been able to find anything that suggests that... she keeps telling me to use miralax, and I continue to use milk of magnesium... I try not to use it every day... doing fruit-eze, vitamin c, lots of water, herblax, no lactose, no gluten, but MOM keeps him going... has anyone heard of aluminum concerns or other concerns with regular MOM usage?

Nadine

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There may be aluminum in PEG too. This is from out petition....

Aluminum

This article states that untreated PEG in weights over 3000 can be contaminated with heavy metals, including Aluminum, a neurotoxin. What testing is done to ensure that no heavy metals are in PEG 3350 final products?

http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/61/4/708.full.pdf

If you use Kid Calm, it tastes pretty bitter. We mixed it into PlumSmart...made it a lot better. But, Kid Calm works!

One of the reasons I quit using milk of magnesia is because my child couldn't handle the thick texture. Kid Calm is magnesium and you can mix in any drink, no grit.

There is aluminum in pancake mix though..............I couldn't find the aluminum in it either. Ask her for documents to back up her theroy.

Vitamin shoppe carry's, wellness practitioner's also

To: miralax Sent: Mon, May 28, 2012 10:17:23 PMSubject: Re: Anyone have dr recommend magnesium?

Does anyone have a doctor who recommended magnesium citrate or another magnesium for their child's constipation? No, in fact my Dr. advised against strongly, when I asked her why, she said she thinks there might be aluminum in it. I haven't been able to find anything that suggests that... she keeps telling me to use miralax, and I continue to use milk of magnesium... I try not to use it every day... doing fruit-eze, vitamin c, lots of water, herblax, no lactose, no gluten, but MOM keeps him going... has anyone heard of aluminum concerns or other concerns with regular MOM usage?

Nadine

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Does anyone have an idea of how much magnesium to give a 25 month old child?

We're interested in trying Kid Calm, but aren't sure how much to give. Is there

a rule of thumb that you've heard about? Or does the packaging have recommended

amounts?

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> One of the reasons I quit using milk of magnesia is because my child couldn't

handle the thick texture. Kid Calm is magnesium and you can mix in any drink, no

grit.

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> There is aluminum in pancake mix though..............I couldn't find the

aluminum in it either. Ask her for documents to back up her theroy.

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> Vitamin shoppe carry's, wellness practitioner's also

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> Does anyone have a doctor who recommended magnesium citrate or another

magnesium for their child's constipation?

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> No, in fact my Dr. advised against strongly, when I asked her why, she said

she thinks there might be aluminum in it. I haven't been able to find anything

that suggests that... she keeps telling me to use miralax, and I continue to use

milk of magnesium... I try not to use it every day... doing fruit-eze, vitamin

c, lots of water, herblax, no lactose, no gluten, but MOM keeps him going... has

anyone heard of aluminum concerns or other concerns with regular MOM usage?

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> Nadine

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I didn't realize that they discontinued Kid Calm - here's the link so you can

see what it was:

http://iherb.com/p/5120?rcode=rot043

Here's a link to a similar product:

http://iherb.com/p/5122?rcode=rot043

For my son, I started (age 3) with the Kid Calm but switched to the Natural Calm

anyway. The Kid Calm formula included Vit c, the Natural Calm is just

magnesium. For my son I started with the equivalent of 300mg of magnesium and

went up until I he had a fairly loose bowel movement, then backed down a little.

For him this meant going up to 1000 mg for several weeks (yes that's triple the

RDA)/ For nearly a year he was at about 600mg and now at age 9 - only when he

gets sluggish, and then all that's needed is about 300mg.

I added other items too -- especially probiotics.

I believe the main reason I was able to back off the magnesium after a year was

that I finally got him wheat (gluten) and diary free. Looking back, I think if

I had done that sooner he would have gotten better faster.

HTH

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> > One of the reasons I quit using milk of magnesia is because my child

couldn't handle the thick texture. Kid Calm is magnesium and you can mix in any

drink, no grit.

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> > There is aluminum in pancake mix though..............I couldn't find the

aluminum in it either. Ask her for documents to back up her theroy.

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> > Vitamin shoppe carry's, wellness practitioner's also

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> > From: Nadine Kocho <nadineck@>

> > To: miralax

> > Sent: Mon, May 28, 2012 10:17:23 PM

> > Subject: Re: Anyone have dr recommend magnesium?

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> > Does anyone have a doctor who recommended magnesium citrate or another

magnesium for their child's constipation?

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> > No, in fact my Dr. advised against strongly, when I asked her why, she said

she thinks there might be aluminum in it. I haven't been able to find anything

that suggests that... she keeps telling me to use miralax, and I continue to use

milk of magnesium... I try not to use it every day... doing fruit-eze, vitamin

c, lots of water, herblax, no lactose, no gluten, but MOM keeps him going... has

anyone heard of aluminum concerns or other concerns with regular MOM usage?

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> > Nadine

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Oops -- forgot to add that both the MD and ND said no problem at 500 or 600 mg,

but that 1000mg was OK for short term. Mainly due to the fact that to build

strong bones you need a balance of mag, cal, vit d and phos.

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> > > One of the reasons I quit using milk of magnesia is because my child

couldn't handle the thick texture. Kid Calm is magnesium and you can mix in any

drink, no grit.

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> > > There is aluminum in pancake mix though..............I couldn't find the

aluminum in it either. Ask her for documents to back up her theroy.

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> > > Vitamin shoppe carry's, wellness practitioner's also

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> > > From: Nadine Kocho <nadineck@>

> > > To: miralax

> > > Sent: Mon, May 28, 2012 10:17:23 PM

> > > Subject: Re: Anyone have dr recommend magnesium?

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> > > Does anyone have a doctor who recommended magnesium citrate or another

magnesium for their child's constipation?

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> > > No, in fact my Dr. advised against strongly, when I asked her why, she

said she thinks there might be aluminum in it. I haven't been able to find

anything that suggests that... she keeps telling me to use miralax, and I

continue to use milk of magnesium... I try not to use it every day... doing

fruit-eze, vitamin c, lots of water, herblax, no lactose, no gluten, but MOM

keeps him going... has anyone heard of aluminum concerns or other concerns with

regular MOM usage?

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