I have just got back from the emergency dept after a 12 hour episode of AF. I converted as they were about to start the IV of flecainide. Instead, the doctor gave me an IV of magnesium as the blood work showed it to be low even though for 8 years I have been taking mg, currently 800mg Blue Bonnet Albion magnesium chelate and 1500mg potassium gluconate daily plus many of the other supps recommended here. He has sent me home with magnesium glycerophosphate tablets, 4 mmol Mg/tablet, to take 2, 3x a day. I have never heard of this form of mg. Does anyone now anything about it and how much elemental mg this dose would give me each day? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,132907,132907#msg-132907 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:03:28 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,132907,132918#msg-132918 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,132907,132918#msg-132918 Justine AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:23:25 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,132907,132914#msg-132914 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,132907,132914#msg-132914 www.mgwater.com]

1 mEq Mg = 0.5 mmol Mg = 12.3 mg Mg
therefor 1.0 mmol Mg = 24.6 mg Mg,
4 mmol Mg per tablet = ~100 mg Mg per tablet,
2 tablets 3 times per day = 600 mg Magnesium per day.
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Absorption of magnesium glycerophosphate according to: [www.magnetic-field-natural-cures.com]

"In the case of magnesium glycerophosphate, it is liposoluble (salts are water soluble, liposoluble means soluble in lipids or fats). In that case it follows the gut absorption of fats that depends on the production of an enzyme: the pancreatic lipase. This enzyme is highly variable in production and follows a supply-demand curve. If your diet is poor in fats, you don’t secrete lipase and you don’t absorb fats. Some medications also decrease the production of lipase. So without lipase, no absorption of magnesium glycerophosphate."]]> Anonymous User AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:22:08 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,132907,132907#msg-132907 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,132907,132907#msg-132907 Justine AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:23:56 +0000