Can you people help me with this?

[jenny]

Hi everyone, I just got out of the hospital for being in Afib...at the hospital they told me that my magnesuim count was low...so the doctor told me to get some magnesuim called Slow Meg..it is 64 milligrams two times a day? Could you please share any of you any information you might have on magnesuim and how much you all are taking of this....Thank you so much...I have been in the hospital 2 times in the last 2 weeks and the doctores don't seem to me to know all that much about magnesuim....I sure would appreciate this...Thank you all...Jenny

 

[azpam]

I take magnesium through Nutrition For Life as i like the higher quality products i believe they give me. Let me read you info from the book Prescription for Nutritional Healing on magnesium(some of the more interesting info). is a vital catalyst in enzyme activity(especially energy production.) assists calcium and potassium uptake. deficiency interferes with transmission of nerve and muscle impulses causing irritability and nervousness. supplementing can help prevent depression,dizziness,muscle weakness and twitching ,PMS,and maintaining the body's proper PH balance. deficiency symptoms include: confusion,insomnia,irritability,poor digestion,rapid heartbeat,seizures,tantrums,cardiac arrhythmias, and hypertension. a better screening test to ask for is intracellular(mononuclear cell) magnesium screen test-is more sensitive than the serum mag.test. the consumption of alcohol,use of diuretics,presence of fluoride,birth control pills, and high levels of zinc/vit D increase the body's need for magnesium. Be sure NOT to take it after a meal as it neutralizes stomach acids. I take mine when i first get up on empty stomach. Hope this helps!!A lover of alternative medicine/prevention! azpam

 

[JimL]

I found a recommendation for 1000 mg a day in an alternative health book, which fixed my a-fib. I think that's too high a dosage, and I'm going to try cutting down later this summer.
I found that just magnesium oxide is not very helpful, but that magnesium gluconate is. I found mine at GNC.

 

[Mara]

Jenny-
I agree with a lot of what azpam has to say. Before my surgery I was taking about 400mg a day of magnesium in a calcium magnesium supplement for migraine headaches. Since my surgery I have not had one migraine, so go figure that one out.

Anyway. Magnesium can help you sleep better, I used to take it at bedtime. And most women need the extra calcium, so if you feel that you need to take a calcium supplement with it do. Magnesium can make you have diarreha ( that's what's in Haley's M/O, Phillips milk of magneisa) calcium also helps to lessen that effect.

Good luck

 

[srwieland]

Hi jenny,

Last time I was in the hospital a few weeks ago, they woke me up in the middle of the night for a two hour magnesium drip! At first, it was painful and cold because the nurse set it too fast so she could get it over with. When she slowed it down, it wasn't so bad. Would much rather have had the supplements, though.

I would think that if a mainstream hospital like Shands here in Gainesville gives you magnesium for a heart condition, it must be recognized as a good treatment.

Good luck,

Steve

 

[jenny]

Magmesium

Magmesium

You guys are great, thank you so so much for answering my question on magnesuim......)))))))))))))))

 

[gary]

First (please make it the last!) A-fib two weeks ago, ER and

First (please make it the last!) A-fib two weeks ago, ER and

one of the first drips, after a CBC read, was Magnesium. (They wanted me at 2 and I was 1.3) Two packs were used as well as oral doses of Phosphorous and Potassium.

Seems like there's at least enough anecdotal evidence for cardiologists to prescribe it.

I am beginning my own 'scrip now but want to be sure about how to get it to the cells as serum Magnesium levels may have little to do with getting it where it is needed.

Any help about this would be appreciated.

I saw the one about Magnesium Gluconate begin preferred..