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rondo · 02-15-2010, 02:59 PM

Typically recommended ratio of calcium to magnesium is 2:1; but everyone is different as far as their tolerance. Magnesium oxide (cheapest and easiest to find ) definitely causes the runs. Try magnesium citrate, gluconate, or, best tolerated and absorbed, magnesium malate chelate. Magnesium helps with nerve, muscle, heart and brain function and is a TREMENDOUS help with the leg cramps that come during the chemo treatment. Also helps manage the constipation caused by the anti-nausea meds. Just experiment to find your best dose. If stools are loose, reduce slightly till they improve. These other forms mentioned above are MUCH better than the magnesium oxide. I split my dose into 3 daily portions, one with each meal. You can't absorb more than 500 mg of calcium at a time anyway, so you have to take your recommended daily1500 mg calcium in 3 portions for it to do any good. Just do the magnesium at the same time. I take 250 mg magnesium and 500 mg calcium 3x daily.

02-15-2010, 02:59 PM	#5
rondo Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Monterey County, CA Posts: 37	Re: Magnesium...loose stools? Typically recommended ratio of calcium to magnesium is 2:1; but everyone is different as far as their tolerance. Magnesium oxide (cheapest and easiest to find ) definitely causes the runs. Try magnesium citrate, gluconate, or, best tolerated and absorbed, magnesium malate chelate. Magnesium helps with nerve, muscle, heart and brain function and is a TREMENDOUS help with the leg cramps that come during the chemo treatment. Also helps manage the constipation caused by the anti-nausea meds. Just experiment to find your best dose. If stools are loose, reduce slightly till they improve. These other forms mentioned above are MUCH better than the magnesium oxide. I split my dose into 3 daily portions, one with each meal. You can't absorb more than 500 mg of calcium at a time anyway, so you have to take your recommended daily1500 mg calcium in 3 portions for it to do any good. Just do the magnesium at the same time. I take 250 mg magnesium and 500 mg calcium 3x daily. __________________ IDC 6 mm l.b. 3/08 age 49; ER <1%+; PR -; KI67 40%; HER2 +++by FISH; lumpectomy/snb 4/08; extensive dcis found at surgery (didn't show in bx or mammo); micromet in sn; MRI breasts and chest 4/08-NED; re-excision l.b. 5/08; refused axillary node dissection; no ca found in re-excision tissue. TCH q 3 wk x 6 finished 10/08; whole breast rad x 7 wk finished 12/08; refused axillary and supraclavicular rad. Herceptin thru 6/09. Refused tamoxifen & aromatase inhibitors. 1/13 so far so good:-) have vestibular hypofunction from chemo but its all good since now officially on borrowed time!