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Magnesium Treatment Report
Category: Supplements
Most Popular Brands: NatureMade Magnesium, Finest Natural Magnesium, Jamieson Natural Sources Magnesium (Show all)
See also: Calcium and Magnesium, Calcium Citrate, Vitamin D, Vitamin K, Magnesium, Zinc, Calcium Magnesium and Vitamin D, Calcium Magnesium and Vitamin D and Zinc, Cal-Mag Citramate, Coral Calcium w/Magnesium and Vitamin D, D-ribose w/magnesium, Magnesium and Zinc, Magnesium Malate, Mineral Supplements
What is Magnesium?
Magnesium is a biologically important molecule essential to proper cell function. It is found in dietary sources such as spinach or other green vegetables, or may be ingested as a food supplement.
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Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken |
# of patients
Efficacy
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Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General health | 51 |
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5 | |
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 34 |
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5 | |
| Bowel problems | 16 |
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6 | |
| Other | 12 |
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2 | ||||
| Multiple Sclerosis MS | 11 |
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2 | ||||
| Muscle spasms | 6 | 0 |
See all 147 patients currently taking Magnesium
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Magnesium. See all 42 dosages ►
| 300 mg as needed | 4other as needed | 50mg as needed | daily | 1 cap(s) daily | 1 mg daily | 1 other daily | 1 tab(s) daily | 2 cap(s) daily | 2 mg daily | 3 tps. daily | 4 g daily | 5 mg daily | 15 mg daily | 25 mg daily | 50 mg daily | 52 mg daily | 100 mg daily | 140 mg daily | 150 mg daily | 168 mg daily | 200 mg daily | 250 mg daily | 300 mg daily | 340 mg daily | 350 mg daily | 375 mg daily | 400 intl units daily | 400 mg daily | 450 mg daily | 500 mg daily | 600 mg daily | 650 mg daily | 750 mg daily | 800 mg daily | 850 mg daily | 880 mg daily | 900 mg daily | 1000 mg daily | 1050 mg daily | 1200 mg daily | 2000 mg daily | ||
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20
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1
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3
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1
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1
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19
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34
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other
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9 |
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Course of treatment ended
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3 |
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Did not seem to work
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2 |
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Expense
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2 |
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Personal research
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2 |
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Doctor's advice
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1 |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Patient Evaluations
See all 20 patient evaluations
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- jmscout
- Sex: F
- Sensation: None
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- jmscout
- daily
- since Sep 17, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for General health
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- loisa
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Mild
- Overall: None
- Cognition: mild
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: mild
- See profile
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- loisa
- 400 mg daily
- since Oct 01, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Numbness
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips I feel good taking magnesium to my bowel problems. I also feel better from my pain in the legs. See full evaluation
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- slv418
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- slv418
- 1500 mg daily
- since Oct 03, 2009
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Multiple Sclerosis MS
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 20 patient evaluations
Report created on September 09, 2010.