Magnesium glycinate

Thank You !

I do. Seems to help Arrythmias

I'm taking 2 200mg magnesium glycinate a day for irregular heart beats and I'm thinking about upping it to 600-800mg..magnificent mineral

@jode53 Please have your serum magnesium levels checked and consult your cardiologist. Even supplements can be dangerous when too much is taken.

You CAN overdose on supplements and magnesium is no exception. Daily total magnesium requirements are 320 MG for women, about 400 MG for men, from a combination of food and supplements.

Excess amounts can cause side effects from unpleasant (diarrhea, tiredness) to dangerous (low blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, impaired kidney function, impaired muscle function.)

In addition, magnesium supplements can interact with medications including thyroid, osteoporosis and blood pressure drugs and antibiotics.

Was a magnesium supplement recommended by one of your health care providers? Were your levels checked to see if you were deficient?

@drherm
My nephrologist checks my magnesium levels with a blood test since I have Stage 3 kidney disease. I can only take it every other day.

@jode53
Simply because it takes three or four (four of the Solaray brand) capsules to get to 400mg, and the particular ones from Solaray seem to stick in my throat like nothing else I take, I keep it down to one at a time.

Splitting the total dose may be useful, I'm doing that now more for blood pressure than for arrhythmias, but come to think of it, it may be helping with that too, I've found myself skipping a mid-day half of my beta blocker recently with no ill effects.

What I've read suggests not taking more than 400mg as a supplement, but that assumes a well absorbed supplement like glycinate. I've seen higher dose sizes approved for magnesium oxide, the cheapest one, because it is poorly absorbed. OTOH the capsules are small and just perhaps the poor absorption is more like slow absorption and it might be a feature not a bug?

Just tossing out ideas.

Another idea is to get more magnesium from diet, where apparently absorption is not a problem and within extreme limits overdosing is not a problem. Almonds being perhaps the best option.

When I was having my worst problems with arrhythmias magnesium helped to a certain degree but were not a cure at any level I tried. Are you also taking any beta blocker? Chocolate contains natural beta blockers and an ounce or so of dark (72%+) chocolate has noticeable effects, it's just rather more fattening than the prescription pills!

@sueinmn
I see other posters posting same thing. I have my magnesium check with each blood test I have. This requirement is from my electrophysiologist recommendation to take 400 mg of magnesium a day.

The last test show 2.2 which is good. I was recently in hospital and they did a magnesium test and it was below 2. So nurse came in and gave me an I.V. of magnesium saying cardiology wants your magnesium level above 2 to do home.

Too much of anything is not good.

The safe recommended dose is 320mg per day unless otherwise ordered and recommended by Cardiologist

Good morning, folks.

Saw this thread by chance, and had to chime quickly on some of the presumptions being made. Note: I haven't looked at the entirety posts, but only the ones on the most current page.

The most accurate manner for assessing mag levels in our bodies, is NOT via blood tests. This has been known for decades. To obtain the truest measure of magnesium we need to get a cellular test... that's where the mag resides.

Wanted to point this out because so many, in just the most recent posts, appear to not be aware of the above. Hope this helps.

All the best!

/LarryG

I follow what my Mayo doctors recommend for me. They do blood test to monitor my magnesium levels.

The recommended amount of magnesium that a doctor will recommend for you will depend on you and your needs for it determined by your cardiologist or electrophysiologist. The daily recommendation is based on you and what you are experiencing or taking it for. There is even a difference in men and women levels.

I go to Mayo Jacksonville and have the same Electrophysiologist for over 20 years who is director of electrophysiology and pacemaker clinic. It is him that recommended the 400 mg of magnesium citrate or glycinate.