Talk:Magnesium citrate/Archive 1

Wrong weight and formula
I don't understand the molecular formula or MW for this entry. Magnesium Citrate is Mg2(Citrate)3 and its molecular weight is 451.13. I think the current entries for the formula and weight are incorrect.
 * It's fixed now. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:31, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

This badly needs work
1. It only talks about it as a laxative. What about as a magnesium supplement? I take it every day. 2. The "dosage" doesn't give a milligram dosage, just an amount of syrup. How helpful is that? 3. I take mine as pills. There are many brands that use pills as magnesium supplements. Why does this only focus on the syrup? 70.72.173.11 17:46, 7 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Are you sure you are talking about "Magnesium citrate pills" as magnesium supplement? That is doubtful. Please verify or give a drug reference. If that is an error, one shall remove any reference to "magnesium supplement" in the article.
 * I tried to complete the article with external links and additional descriptions but I dunno not know how to create references (the professional information could be used as reference I guess). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)


 * I think he's talking about Magnesium taurate, not Magnesium citrate. All references to magnesium supplement pills shall be removed. A specific article for Magnesium taurate should be created instead. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)

Fix references
Could someone be kind enough to fix the references listed on the page? They're accurate but don't lead anywhere. I'm afraid I'm not a whiz with these sorts of things so I was unable to figure out how through the FAQ. Many thanks --Aethumus 11:58, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed! --Dirk Beetstra T  C 12:03, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Rebound effect or habituation?
If used as a laxative, is it habituating? Is there a rebound effect, or problem when stopped? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.161.73.15 (talk) 03:03, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

April 21, 2011 I am a 44 year old female and I have been battling IBS-C for 12 years. I have tried everything under the sun, nothing has helped. My chronic and acute constipation has only gotten worse. I have had a Sitz maker study, Colonoscopy, Miralax(everyday), colon cleansers, Zelnorm, Fiber supplements, to only name a few. I have been so unbelievably uncomfortable that I have given myself the prep for the colonoscopy procedure, more than once. I went back to my GI doctor due to a new problem caused by the severe constipation. I was diagnosed with Rectocele. I was horrified to have to tell her what I had experienced but this is her job, she hears this all day every day,God bless her. She has given me a new medication to try called Enulose. First she wants me to clean out my intestines(yay), so she told me to take a 10oz. bottle of Magnesium Citrate. I had the grape flavored. I recommend chilling it because it has a very sweet, biting taste. Do not think that you will be able to go ANYWHERE for at least 48 hours once you start to go. This is nothing like the other prep medications. I drank the bottle at 1:45pm on Wednesday and it didn't start to work until almost 10pm, even though the bottle says you can experience a bowel movement in 1/2 to 6 hours. I was up and down all night going and had to call out of work the next day. Due to the constant bowel movements from the Magnesium Citrate my hemorrhoids were extremely inflamed and bleeding. Yes it cleaned me out and I am not as uncomfortable from the constipation but man o man. Now I don't know if this is a very long acting product on it's own or if it is because I was so full of fecal matter that it lasted so long. Just know that you will need to be near a bathroom for awhile. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KC2004 (talk • contribs) 15:08, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Personal Experience
If your wondering how long this last, let me tell you from personal experience.

I had the 10oz bottle of Magnesium citrate (cherry flavor) at 4pm on a Saturday. Empty stomach as suggested. Since the full bottle is 2 doses I drank 2 8oz glasses of water immediately after. After about 3-4 hours later it started to kick in. At first it was your normal bowel movement, but then it turned into liquid shortly after. From then on it there were no solids. This continued through the night waking me up about 6 times from 1am to 5am in the morning for quick visits to the bathroom. These brief visits continued until around 4pm the following day. My suggestion is to take this on a weekend and do not make plans! When you feel the urge its very hard to ignore, so make sure you are close to a restroom until this product has run its course.

After thoughts, I feel a little better. I wouldn't say that it gave me energy but I do not feel as sluggish.

Hope this helps! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.187.182.120 (talk) 20:13, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

No that does not help. 1) You did not tell dose, how much Mg in milligrams. 2) No point to tell your personal opinions in Wikipedia, because you can go to amazon.com or iherb.com and read THOUSANDS of reviews there.

3) Without knowing your diet, it is impossible to know if you were magnesium deficient or not. If one has no magnesium deficiency, not surprising Mg Citrate does not help. ee1518 (talk) 19:50, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

Removing warning not to use as a supplement
The boldface warning added by 212.179.144.74 not to use magnesium citrate as a supplement, only as a laxative, contradicts the rest of the page, and makes no sense. (It's widely sold as a supplement, and there's nothing wrong with using it as such, in appropriate doses — as the rest of the page details.) Thus I'm removing the warning. I note that someone at the same IP address previously altered the page to reduce suggested doses by a factor of ten, which also was incorrect, and since has been undone by someone else. Norman Yarvin (talk) 01:54, 16 March 2009 (UTC)