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Magnesium: Supplements
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Dorman, B. Hugh, et al. Magnesium supplementation in the prevention of arrhythmias in pediatric patients undergoing surgery for congenital heart defects. American Heart Journal, Vol. 139, No. 3, 2000, pp. 522- 28
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Magnesium is useful and essential in the treatment of malnutrition in preventing a tetany-like reaction, and in curtailing nervous symptoms brought on by magnesium deficiencies. Burn victims frequently have excessive losses of magnesium and supplementation may be advisable.
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Magnesium should be taken with your other supplements and/or food. Split your supplemental intake into 2 or more doses daily. Some magnesium supplements can be energizing and in some persons may have a negative impact on getting to sleep and staying asleep when taken near bedtime. If taken in the correct dose and early enough in the day magnesium often corrects insomnia. Taking magnesium late in the day is not a problem if it does not adversely affect your sleep.
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Magnesium is generally used to treat symptoms of constipation in irritable bowel syndrome sufferers. It is important to note that magnesium supplements are not the same as milk of magnesia. Although magnesium supplements can have a mild laxative effect they should ... be suitable for long-term use, as long as the dosage is sensible, whereas milk of magnesia is a laxative for short-term relief only.
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Magnesium supplementation may be indicated for persons with alcoholism. Low blood levels of magnesium occur in 30 to 60 percent of alcoholics, and in nearly 90 percent of patients experiencing alcohol withdrawal. Anyone who substitutes alcohol for food will usually have significantly lower magnesium intakes.
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Magnesium loss can only be replaced with a high-quality supplement. Unfortunately, most magnesium supplements contain only an average of 28% absorbable magnesium. Taking more just to replenish a magnesium deficiency often results in magnesium being “dumped†into the intestines where it can easily cause diarrhea.
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