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Originally Posted by johnnydad
I take Magnesium Citrate and find I can manage 4000mg daily without issues. Any more than that and I'm too loose in the rear.
I've used it since having a couple of bouts of Ventricular Fibrillation - and subsequent cardiac arrests. Right place, right time so I survived and have a defibrillator.
Anyway just before I arrested I had a rhythm known as Torsade de Pointes which is temporarily rectified by Magnesium infusion - and it certainly did make a big difference to the frequency of abnormal beats in CCU.
Further my arrests occurred after many hours of strenuous cycling over several days, (plus I was taking Esomeprazole which reduces Mg absorption) there appear to be no underlying conditions nor genetic issues so while the cardiologists won't confirm or deny a depletion of tissue Mg to be the precipitant, makes sense to me to use the supplement.
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Proton pump inhibitors (such as Esomeprazole/nexium) can cause the kidneys to leak magnesium. Either way if you had Torsades then you have a legitimate reason to use it medically. It will continue to save your life when you maintain magnesium levels at the higher end of normal. Glad you survived this.
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