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Suggest The Dosage Of Magnesium Supplement For An Elderly Woman
How much magnesium should a 76 year old woman, 145 lb., 5 4 tall, moderately active get each day. I have taken different forms of magnesium which helps me manage my hypertension along with prescribed meds, but I sometimes suffer with diarrhea from too much magnesium.
Tue, 17 Jul 2018
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I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
As per my clinical approach, you are getting magnesium from both food stuffs as well as external medicine form. Provided you are consuming balanced nutritious diet, I recommend to take appropriate amount of magnesium per day to avoid excess dosage which is giving diarrhea to you.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
As per my clinical approach, you are getting magnesium from both food stuffs as well as external medicine form. Provided you are consuming balanced nutritious diet, I recommend to take appropriate amount of magnesium per day to avoid excess dosage which is giving diarrhea to you.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel
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