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Remember me posting about a year ago that I was relatively sure that one of the reasons why my magnesium deficiency became so severe was because of "Buffered Chelated Magnesium" that I suspected was actually "buffered" with magnesium oxide?
It appears that my suspicions were right on target. I received an email advising me of a class action settlement based on a failure by the manufacturer to list magnesium oxide as an ingredient on the label of several magnesium supplements. It appears that I had used quite a bit of the product as my symptoms became progressively worse, until my magnesium reserves finally crashed and burned about 14–15 months ago, when an antibiotic treatment finished them off.
If you purchased Vitacost Chelated Magnesium, Vitacost Multi-Mineral & Magnesium, or Vitacost Magnesium & Calcium from October 22, 2010, through June 6, 2016, you could get a cash payment from a class action settlement.
A Court authorized this Notice. It is not a solicitation from a lawyer.
• A settlement has been reached with Vitacost.com, Inc. (“Vitacost”) in a class action lawsuit (Holliday v. Vitacost.com, Inc., In the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, In and For Palm Beach County, Florida, Case No.: 2015-CA-010160 (AA)) which alleged that Vitacost misrepresented the magnesium content of Vitacost Chelated Magnesium, Vitacost Multi-Mineral & Magnesium, and Vitacost Magnesium & Calcium.
• Vitacost has agreed to settle the lawsuit for up to $522,500.00. Those included can receive a cash payment for their purchases.
• You may be included in this settlement if you purchased Vitacost Chelated Magnesium, Vitacost Multi-Mineral & Magnesium, and Vitacost Magnesium & Calcium that did not list magnesium oxide in the supplement facts panel on the label (the “Products”). Purchases must have been for personal or household use and made anytime from October 22, 2010, through June 6, 2016 (the “Settlement Class”).
This explains why my magnesium deficiency just became worse even though I thought that I was taking plenty of magnesium supplement. Because I thought that I was taking plenty, that made it extremely difficult to blame all my symptoms on magnesium deficiency, and I kept searching for some other cause.
This just reinforces my negative opinion of magnesium oxide. As far as I'm concerned it's a totally worthless product for anyone trying to resolve a magnesium deficiency. Magnesium oxide is nothing but a laxative, for all practical purposes. And yet it's my understanding that magnesium oxide is the magnesium supplement of choice in most major hospitals. What on earth is wrong with those guys? Don't they know anything at all about magnesium? Do they even care?
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
The Doctor's Best brand is pure magneisum glycinate as far as I'm aware. That's why I switched to it.
I have no idea what magnesium oxide would do on the skin.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
I came across a scenario this weekend while attending our nieces graduation. A gathering after the fact put me visiting with a few older people and for some reason I look at peoples fingernails. Everybody had normal pinkish color except for one older guy....his were pure WHITE I spoke with his wife and she said he had his heart looked at and had every test in the book done on him but his Dr. just said it had to be a fungus....well I got to talking about REAL magnesium and VitD3 and how that combo has some pretty powerful healing properties to it and unbeknownst to me was the older guy had been having heart palps, fatigue, light head.....you know the drill, and his nails had started turning this white over the last 8-9 months....Once his wife listened to my story....she is now convinced it is a severe magnesium deficiency....makes me wonder if I may have some how given new hope to this guy. I asked the wife to let me know how he is doing in the next 3-6 months, she said she would let me know.
I'm with you Tex.....Mag Oxide is the most worthless thing ever.
Erica
To Succeed you have to Believe in something with such a passion that it becomes a Reality - Anita Roddick
Dx LC April 2012 had symptoms since Aug 2007
And to my surprise I read on the FB Iodine forum one guy said that he was searching for a good magnesium product, since he had heard that magnesium glycinate can cause heart arrythmia...
I asked the guy for some evidence or articles, but I didn't get any. It's dangerous to throw out such accusations without supporting it, and then it can turn in to a "truth".
Lilja
Collagenous Colitis diagnosis in 2010
Psoriasis in 1973, symptom free in 2014
GF, CF and SF free since April, 2013
Erica, good for you! You have surely solved another case that mystified all his doctors.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
It's true — if you take way too much magnesium an overdose can cause the very symptoms that it treats. There are some published supporting references that discuss this risk, but it's not very common. And that's true for any form of magnesium, not just magnesium glycinate. So you're correct, there's nothing wrong with taking magnesium glycinate.
Basically, the risk applies to anyone who has compromised kidney function, because if the kidneys don't remove excess magnesium from the bloodstream it will soon reach dangerous levels. And that risk can occur even without a supplement if one's diet is high in magnesium. But again, that's true for any of the electrolytes, especially calcium.
Guys like the one you mentioned probably end up taking magnesium oxide because they don't have to worry about absorbing too much of it. But what's the point of taking a supplement if no one can absorb it?
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
I have a hard time getting enough sleep these days; waking up at 04.30. I thought maybe it could be the magnesium (always looking for someone to blame), but I take my magnesium supplement and magnesium oil in the morning and my heart is quite "quiet", no arrythmia or palpitations.
Apart from that I'm so happy and thankful, having a lot of energy and content with life. We have some good summer temperatures now, up to 24 degrees Celsius.
Lilja
Collagenous Colitis diagnosis in 2010
Psoriasis in 1973, symptom free in 2014
GF, CF and SF free since April, 2013
If you're not waking up because you're way too hot, or anxious, or your bladder is full, you're probably not waking up because of a magnesium problem. If it always happens at about the same time, maybe something external is waking you. Do you live near a railroad track? Or a factory? Or anything else that can have noises that occur at specific times?
I take a magnesium tablet just before bedtime to help with sleep. It helps muscles to relax.
It's good to see that the weather is warming up in your part of the world. We have had a very cool (and wet) spring in Texas. The rains are finally slowing down now, allowing the daytime high temps to finally increase to around 32 degrees C (about 90 degrees F), which is closer to normal for this time of year. That said, IMO Texas almost never has "normal" weather — it goes from one extreme to the other. So "normal" is defined as the average of the weather extremes.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
I'm wondering if my waking up so early has something to do with hormones. My Dr suspected this in April, so I had a 24 hr urine test which showed an iodine deficiency (0,2 below minimum reference level). Next appointment is in August, and in the meantime I'm trying iodine supplement (not Iodoral which had some dubious fillers, but liquid) in order to prevent an eventual development of a thyroid problem.
Lilja
Collagenous Colitis diagnosis in 2010
Psoriasis in 1973, symptom free in 2014
GF, CF and SF free since April, 2013
There's a good chance that you are correct, but medical understanding of hormones leaves a lot to be desired — it's a complex topic. As a result, most current treatments are rather crude.
The body is a complex machine, designed to operate automatically. Doctors love to throw drugs and hormones at it, but their understanding is so primitive that the results are often unpredictable. Sometimes the treatments help, and sometimes they make things worse. And no one knows why.
I do OK most nights (I only sleep for an average of about 5 hours each night), but some nights I either have trouble getting to sleep or I wake up and can't get back to sleep. Sleep issues seem to be an "inescapable" side effect of getting older, especially for those of us who have one or more AI diseases (probably because AI diseases affect hormone production and utilization). If you are able to discover the secret of resolving those sleep issues there are millions of us anxiously waiting to find out how you did it.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
I spoke with his wife and she said he had his heart looked at and had every test in the book done on him but his Dr. just said it had to be a fungus....well I got to talking about REAL magnesium and VitD3 and how that combo has some pretty powerful healing properties to it and unbeknownst to me was the older guy had been having heart palps, fatigue, light head.....you know the drill, and his nails had started turning this white over the last 8-9 months....Once his wife listened to my story....she is now convinced it is a severe magnesium deficiency....makes me wonder if I may have some how given new hope to this guy. I asked the wife to let me know how he is doing in the next 3-6 months, she said she would let me know.
But what's the point of taking a supplement if no one can absorb it?