Pay attention if you know someone w/chronic pain...

[hokeysmoke]

Hubby's doctor in Dallas is a pain specialist with a masters in pharmacology as well. He's a wonderful doctor, and we're feeling quite fortunate that John ever got in to see him.

We discussed all the things that could have caused John's episode at work last week, then I said "well, let's back up a little bit to what happened the night prior to the

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[hokeysmoke]

It's seriously not bioavailable. None of the metals are.

One problem the doc has been seeing with some of the patients he's been doing magnesium IVs with is that they're excreting it in their urine at an alarming rate, He said he talked to a couple of his urology buddies about it and they say it should happen, so he mentioned that there's a paper in there somewhere.

[hokeysmoke]

Meant to say "shouldn't happen".

[compost75]

"if you take it in a pill, you don't absorb it. If you try to get it in foods, you don't absorb it, either." I've been taking magnesium supplements for bone density. Are there certain circumstances when you DO absorb it?

[hokeysmoke]

IV infusions.

[hokeysmoke]

Seriously, he mentioned that, too. He talked about calcium absorption rates for people with osteoporosis. It's not looking good because the metals just don't get absorbed like we'd like them to.

[hokeysmoke]

Just spoke to hubby and he said that when you take an oral supplement and the dosage is 500 mg, then you're only going to absorb 10 to 20 percent of that. It also flushes through your kidneys so quickly that the IV therapy is a much more durable way to administer the dose.