Magnesium and C
#350922 - 10/19/09 08:40 AM
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I was just wondering who of you with C take magnesium for it, and how much? Do you really find it helpful?
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yes i do i take phillips magnesium, the makers of the milk of magnesium.
i take their pills. it's just magnesium i take 1.5 of them at night. it helps a lot. i've been taking them for a while now and do think they have helped me get stable. there is another type that some of other people take that you mix with water..i forgot the name. i tried it and it didn't go well with my reflux.
it helps me. you might want to try it. ibs is so different for everyone.
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I've been taking magnesium for so long now and find it doesn't help my severe C at all. I've tried different brands too and none of them will help. Nothing at all will help my C it's a nightmare.I hardly ever go number 2. Most of the time it's once or twice a month. The gas cramps, bloat,fullness, and headaches are unbearable.
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I've been taking magnesium for so long now and find it doesn't help my severe C at all. I've tried different brands too and none of them will help. Nothing at all will help my C it's a nightmare.I hardly ever go number 2. Most of the time it's once or twice a month. The gas cramps, bloat,fullness, and headaches are unbearable.
Really? Are you taking doses that are high enough? What time of the day do you take it? I found that taking it throughout the day doesn't help, I need to shock my system with a high dose all at once. I take 3 (sometimes 4) 250mg tables right before bed (around 11) with a large glass of water. I usually go the next day before noon. Sometimes, if I'm really stuffed up it can take two days.
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pregnant 
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I tried the Phillips magnesium 500 mg overnight. I tried it serveral times, and it seemed to create a very small amount of watery D, but then I was still so C. It's like I'm impacted and that is the only small amount that can get through. I experimented with different doses. It didn't relieve me, but just gave me more grief. It did not stimulate a normal BM, just watery D, but I was still C. Very strange. Didn't like it.
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I take 1000mg. right after breakfast.
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