Below is a handy link to a list of just the most popular drug classes that are known magnesium wasters. If anyone here has to take any of these drugs for a period of time, be sure to ratchet up your magnesium intake to just below bowel tolerance. As Jackie noted below, this list is only a general good start, many other drugs also do a number on magnesium stores. Magnesium depleting drugs Shannon PS Smackman, note that Cipro you were inquiring about in your antibiotics thread below is a big time magnesium waster as is a large number of other antibiotics. So never stop magnesium when on those drugs but just stagger the dosing of each by 4 to 6 hours each day to insure minimal to no interactions. https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,146542,146542#msg-146542 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 22:26:01 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,146542,146571#msg-146571 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,146542,146571#msg-146571 Tim]]> tsco AFIBBERS FORUM Wed, 23 Jul 2014 20:09:10 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,146542,146559#msg-146559 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,146542,146559#msg-146559 Never wanting to try something as simple and effective as Apple Cider Vinegar.

Antacids

Aluminum and magnesium hydroxide (Maalox, Mylanta)
Aluminum carbonate gel (Basaljel)
Aluminum hydroxide (Amphojel, AlternaGEL)
Calcium carbonate (Tums, Titralac, Rolaids)
Magnesium hydroxide (Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia)
Sodium bicarbonate (Alka-Seltzer, baking soda)]]> Todd AFIBBERS FORUM Wed, 23 Jul 2014 00:40:09 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,146542,146553#msg-146553 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,146542,146553#msg-146553
With a person who has a heart arrhythmia, who has been shown via testing to be magnesium-wasting or deficient (as measured by erythrocyte mag levels), then I think it's safer to go a little higher, with doctor's supervision of course and not forever (a shorter term).

With your product [Jigsaw Magnesium w/SRT], since it has malic acid, it is great for people with fibro and muscle pain too, and I like the dose of 2 tabs twice a day. But with MD approval, I think you could even higher. The only problem with too much mag is that it tilts the sister minerals out of balance, and after chronic ingestion of high mag dosing, you could see a relative deficiency in other minerals like calcium, zinc, etc.

Hmm, I foresee doing what I'm doing with my high mag dose forever, if I want to stay in NSR...]]> GeorgeN AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 22 Jul 2014 19:08:38 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,146542,146552#msg-146552 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,146542,146552#msg-146552 LarryG AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 22 Jul 2014 18:40:06 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,146542,146546#msg-146546 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,146542,146546#msg-146546
While this lists 14 specific drugs, the overall finding is that ALL drugs deplete magnesium... even the heart meds we take for arrhytyhmia... according to the leading magnesium researcher, the late Mildred S. Seelig, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.N.

Over time, I've noticed that since I was forced to resume Rythmol, the antiarrhythmic drug that also contains a beta blocker, my magnesium bowel tolerance level increased from approximately 800 mg daily to 1200 and I'm still working on stabilizing the optimal level.

So.. bottom line is.....afibbers should keep in mind that any drugs they take contribute to some degree of magnesium depletion...

Additionally, for those who drink bottled water... note this LEF report on magnesium loss from bottled water consumption.
[www.lef.org]

This just serves as another reminder that emphasizes the need for continual supplementation of magnesium and the importance of the Exatest to determine just how much magnesium is actually inside cells where it functions.

Jackie]]> Jackie AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:40:18 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,146542,146542#msg-146542 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,146542,146542#msg-146542
Magnesium depleting drugs

Shannon

PS Smackman, note that Cipro you were inquiring about in your antibiotics thread below is a big time magnesium waster as is a large number of other antibiotics. So never stop magnesium when on those drugs but just stagger the dosing of each by 4 to 6 hours each day to insure minimal to no interactions.]]> Shannon AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 22 Jul 2014 15:07:25 +0000