Magnesium Citrate situation

Current Status :

If anyone wants to do this remedy, they're out of luck, at least for now. The product has been recalled in all the drug stores and supermarkets I've visited. You can get the same results with milk of magnesia and epsom salts.

If anyone wants to do this remedy, they're out of luck, at least for now. The product has been recalled in all the drug stores and supermarkets I've visited. You can get the same results with milk of magnesia and epsom salts.

If you really want magnesium citrate, it’s not hard to make your own by reacting milk of magnesia with citric acid.

“The same exact thing???”

At WHAT dosage?

NOT at even TWICE the label dosage.

Well that kind of recall is going to put a bit of a damper on some people's fun.

A lot of people on here seem to think this tastes terrible. I've taken this a couple of times as part of my colonoscopy prep. My instructions from the doctor were to mix it with a chilled Sprite and drink it as fast as possible. I didn't think it was all that bad. It definitely worked a short time later.

A lot of people on here seem to think this tastes terrible. I've taken this a couple of times as part of my colonoscopy prep. My instructions from the doctor were to mix it with a chilled Sprite and drink it as fast as possible. I didn't think it was all that bad. It definitely worked a short time later.

@Ben_Dover I've used it 3 times, and don't think it's that bad either. I mixed mine with Gatorade and just slammed it down. Does kick in about 20-30 mins with me.

Magnesium Citrate the medicinal product will NOT be going anywhere anytime soon, as Magnesium the medicinal compound (powder) forms an important component in a wide range of pharmaceutical goods.

Furthermore one can just as easily produce the Citrate derivitive . . It being one of the easiest chemical compositions one can mix up. . . One part Mag powder to One part Citric acid or

• Ratio 1 : 1.

@LisaK Normal dosage, you will have a diarrhea bowel movement within 30 minutes to an hour, with many return trips. Both are saline laxatives.

Had it as part of a colonoscopy prep, 2 bottles 8 hrs apart

Drs wanted me to take 4 ducolax tablets with the 1 st bottle, wow ! After talking tablet’s and the magnesium citrate 20 min later exploded lol

Then seemed to be in the bathroom every 15/20 mins after

Get some magnesium oil and spray a bit too much on your skin. You will get a similar result.

I've never seen “magnesium oil”. Magnesium is a metal, and mag citrate is a salt; neither dissolves in oil. This whole business strikes me as just another knee-jerk reaction by ignorant bureaucrats. Yes, if you overuse mag citrate, you risk magnesium poisoning, and the chances escalate if you use it as an enema; but using too much table salt can cause serious side effects, too. Frankly, almost anything can "poison" you, if you take enough of it, even plain water!

This whole business strikes me as just another knee-jerk reaction by ignorant bureaucrats. Yes, if you overuse mag citrate, you risk magnesium poisoning, and the chances escalate if you use it as an enema; but using too much table salt can cause serious side effects, too.

The recall in this case wasn’t about any properties of mag citrate itself; rather, there was an issue with bacterial contamination at the factory that made almost all of the US supply. It hasn’t been removed from the market or banned or anything, should become available again once the factory resolved the problem and/or a competitor starts manufacturing it.

I've never seen “magnesium oil”. Magnesium is a metal, and mag citrate is a salt; neither dissolves in oil.

You’re right. ‘Magnesium oil’ is apparently a solution of magnesium chloride: https://www.healthline.com/health/magnesium-oil-benefits. And magnesium chloride is another magnesium salt.

As for ‘benefits’—it’s just another alternative health scam.