Thiamine or Vitamin B1Vitamin DMagnesium Deficiency Causes Low PotassiumIt's needed for normal Blood Calcium Levels
When these nutrients are given to replace severe deficiency, in some cases, they don't work to fix the problems that they are supposed to be fixing. And studies have found, much to the researchers' amazement, that the nutrients WILL work if they are given with magnesium!
Fun Magnesium Facts
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Even
MORE interesting is that in cases of Low Potassium Levels, giving
ONLY magnesium will correct the
POTASSIUM deficiency in many cases- when giving the potassium by itself
WITHOUT the magnesium will
NOT correct the potassium deficiency!
Interesting magnesium facts, huh?
Too bad that doctors aren't aware of this. In the hospital, there are many patients that have a curious phenomenon of requiring LARGE quantities of potassium supplements. In studies, magnesium supplementation solved this problem- without even GIVING potassium, but doctors in clinical practice have not discovered this trick.
Magnesium and Pharmaceutical Drugs
Low Mag Levels Interfere with Drug Administration
As well as interfering with the absorption of nutrients, low Magnesium Levels also interfer with the absorption of some drugs.
One drug in particular, a heart drug called digoxin, is used to treat an abnormal heart condition called atrial fibrillation. In one study, patients with this fast heart rhythm required twice as much of the drug digoxin to slow their heart rate when the patients had low magnesium levels.
In some studies, the atrial fibrillation actually changed into the correct heart rhythm using ONLY magnesium and NO DRUGS- which are usually required for this heart problem.
Some Drugs CAUSE Low Magnesium Levels
Some drugs are well known to CAUSE magnesium to be excreted, a condition called magnesium wasting syndrome. This issue was briefly discussed on the Heart Failure Death page where a class of drugs called Diuretics, also known as water pills, end up depleting magnesium and potassium levels and contributing to the high incidence of patients with heart failure who experience sudden cardiac death.
Other drugs that can cause magnesium wasting are:
- Cetuximab- a drug for cancer
- Cyclosporine- an immunosuppressive drug
- Aminoglycosides- a class of antibiotics that included:
- Gentamin
- Tobramycin
- Amikacin
- Streptomycin
- Neomycin
- Amphotericin B- a strong antifungal drug
- Cisplatin- a chemotherapy drug
- Pentamidine- an antimicrobial used in AIDS patients
- Capreomycin - a tuberculosis drug
- Ribivarin - an antiviral medication
and there are likely more. Low magnesium levels, technically termed hypomagnesemia is a quite common - and almost completely overlooked- side effect of many different drugs. While it would seem prudent to simply recommend magnesium when any of these drugs are prescribed, this almost never happens.
Antipsychotic Medications
and Magnesium
People who have Psychotic illnesses like schizophrenia tend to have lower Magnesium Levels than the rest of the population. However, and interesting magnesium fact about antipsychotic medications is that they actually RAISE intracellular magnesium. The increased magnesium levels correlated with an improvement in the patient's symptoms. Researchers speculate that increasing magnesium levels is actually one way that these drugs work.
But once you see the dangerous Side Effects of Antipsychotic Medications, you might want to try simply taking magnesium FIRST to see if that improves symptoms.
Facts about Magnesium,
Latent Tetany Syndrome,
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue
Magnesium deficiency is the DEFINITE cause of a condition called Latent Tetany Syndrome- or just Tetany Syndrome. This condition has elements of extreme all over body pain, fatigue and mental problems. It is also VERY difficult to diagnose because it almost always occurs with a NORMAL blood Magnesium Level.
While you may not have heard of this problem, I'm sure that you HAVE heard of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Symptoms of Fibromyalgia. Well, the relationship between latent tetany syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Magnesium deficiency may be SO strong that they are actually THE SAME problem!!
The only difference between people who get diagnosed with Latent Tetany Syndrome and Fibromyalgia is that one group actually has it's Magnesium Level closely checked and one doesn't!
Magnesium Facts and Magnesium Research
by Carolyn Dean- a MUST READ if you have ANY health problem
