RE: magnesium supplementation

[Guest guest]

Cece,

I believe Magnesium malate, a chelate, would cause less diarrhea.

Pat

Cece wrote:

>

> Good Afternoon!

> I have a patient who is not tolerating magnesium supplementation with

> MagOx due to diarrhea. Is there another supplement or salt that would

> not have this same effect?

>

> Thanks,

> Cece

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Pat.

I did find that magnesium gluconate and magnesium chloride cause less diarrhea

than magnesium oxide and are generally preferred for just that reason.

Magnesium carbonate is not soluble enough to be considered a good supplement.

There are also mineral waters that contain magnesium that are well tolerated.

I did offer to the physician that he might try a stool binder such as pectin or

metamucil to see if that helped. I would hate for him to jump to something such

as Immodium. I also thought about parenteral magnesium but that would be a

daily event and would have to be given over at least an hour....too time

consuming!

Thanks again!

Cece

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[Guest guest]

Is there a form recommended for magnesium to induce looser stools for

constipation?

Mazarin, MS, RD, CNS

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Cece

Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 1:19 PM

To: rd-usa

Subject: magnesium supplementation

Good Afternoon!

I have a patient who is not tolerating magnesium supplementation with

MagOx due to diarrhea. Is there another supplement or salt that would

not have this same effect?

Thanks,

Cece