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What is Magnesium Oxide?

Magnesium oxide is found in a number of foodstuffs, dietary supplements and antacid treatments. It is used as an electrolyte replacement.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 33 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Magnesium deficiency 11 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Constipation 10 1 Efficacy_moderate
Migraine headaches 4 0
Other 3 0
Muscle cramps 3 1 Efficacy_major

See all 116 patients currently taking Magnesium Oxide

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 13

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Magnesium Oxide

Weight loss 1
Diarrhea 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Magnesium Oxide. See all 22 dosages ►

  140 mg daily 200 mg daily 250 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily 800 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 1,200 mg daily 1,600 mg daily 2,400 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 5 Number of Patients: 5 32 Number of Patients: 32 12 Number of Patients: 12 29 Number of Patients: 29 3 Number of Patients: 3 9 Number of Patients: 9 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Magnesium Oxide (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 4   Course of treatment ended: 44%
Other 2   Other: 22%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 11%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 11%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 11%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 11%

See all 9 patients who’ve stopped taking Magnesium Oxide

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Magnesium Oxide

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Magnesium Oxide

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Magnesium Oxide

Always
 11 79%
Usually
 3 21%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Magnesium Oxide

Very
 2 14%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 3 21%
Not at all
 9 64%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Magnesium Oxide

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 5 100%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.