Countering the laxative effects of magnesium

[urbaperma]

Hey folks

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[super_nezumi]

Wish I could help but I'm interested in the answer too. I can barely tolerate the small levels of supplemental magnesium, even the calcium-magnesium combos.
I'd love to find something to help the pain and stiffness without that particular symptom.

[krasota]

I'll follow this with interest.

Even low doses of cal-mag (taken to help with hormonal nipple and ductal pain while expressing breastmilk) make my gut roil.

[suzu]

You might want to try UPCalD. It's a powdered form of calcium that you can either mix with drinks or take straight. There is no other calcium suppliment I can take that doesn't make me so sick to my stomach I just want someone to shoot me. This doesn't bother me at all. I buy the tub and just dump a scoopful right into my mouth. There's a little bit of a taste, but not much, and the taste isn't bad at all. Kind of like really mild pixie sticks.

[krasota]

Yes, but the magnesium is also necessary for the pain/vasospasm.

[choirlass]

The magnesium in pills is most often magnesium oxide, and it is very irritating to the colon in doses over 500mgs. Magnesium chloride is not irritating at all, but I've only found it in liquid form. The product is call MagChlor 85, and it's available from painstresscenter.com. You need to mix it with vegetable juice, I like V8, because it has a nasty, salty taste, it's really hard to take straight, but you can take as much as you need. I take it at bedtime in juice, along with a single magnesium oxide capsule because they are cheaper, and it puts me right to sleep. I take 4 droppersful as my dose, my chiropractor started me with 3, and at one point I was at 6, but I've found that the 4 works best for me. Hope this helps with your problem!

[urbaperma]

Thank you SO MUCH!

I will check this out!

[melodystjames]

Because of this post, I purchased some Magnesium Chloride. I take one tablet at bed. It has disrupted my sleep with anxiety dreams, but it has also made me sleep a little longer. This is day four of taking it, and my joints are more achy, and my glutes and quads are more painful.

The brand I am taking is Alta Health Products (from iHerb.com), and it is 520mg per pill. I am only taking one.

Is this response normal in the beginning?

^_^

[choirlass]

I don't know if it is or not. I've only used the MagChlor product without the problems you mentioned. I'm sorry I don't have more info for you, I really hope that this resolves for you soon.