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Magnesium Complex ® Magnesium Complex is a Natural Food Complex supplement
which provides an excellent source of magnesium of which deficiencies
are extremely common. They have been found to occur in approximately
11% of hospitalized patients; it has been found that 52% of patients
in coronary care units, 42% of hypokalemic patients, 65% of ICU patients,
and between 25%-39% of patients with diabetes have inadequate levels
of magnesium [1,2]. “The higher percentage of fat and sugar in
the American diet requires a greater consumption of magnesium-rich foods”
[3]. “Magnesium is involved in many enzymatic steps in which components of food are metabolized and new products are formed”; it is involved in over 300 such reactions [2]. Clinical deficiency of magnesium can results in “depressed tendon reflexes, muscle fasciculations, tremor, muscle spasm, personality changes, anorexia, nausea, and vomiting” [2]. “Magnesium deficiency produces hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and dyslipoproteinemia by increasing VLDL and low density lipoprotein, and decreasing high density lipoprotein cholesterol. The alarming increase in sudden death from ischemic heart disease, and the increasing number of young men who develop myocardial infarctions and cardiac arrythmias or arrests in the past half century may be related in part to magnesium insufficiency. Magnesium deficiency may also be related to the increase in cancer” [3]. During pregnancy, the intake of calcium and magnesium should be increased to prevent deficiency in mother and child. Patients with potassium deficiency should always be checked for magnesium deficiency. In the presence of magnesium depletion, it is very difficult to replete potassium stores. A calcium citrate source containing vitamin D is effective to enhance calcium absorption. This is an effervescent formulation, and it is taken as two tablets dissolved in a glass of cold water per day. Calcium citrate is better absorbed and utilized than calcium carbonate. The use of fluoride in a liquid formulation (potassium fluoride 180 mg/cc) helps bind calcium in the bones. Fluoride drops are taken as 1 drop in juice or water three times per day. This is a prescription item and must be made up by the pharmacist. The dose can be slowly increased per the physician. Fluoride in this concentration, however, can irritate the gastric lining. Also, slow increases in dose are important to prevent this side-effect. Related products: Retinova This medication is used to improve the appearance of the skin by reducing fine lines and wrinkles, reducing roughness and improving coloration. This can also be used to treat acne. Protopic OINTMENT is the first new prescription treatment for Eczema in 40 years, and Protopic is the first in a NEW class of topical medications called topical immunomodulators. Protopic, tacrolimus, is steroid-free and will improve or completely clear eczema in more than 80% of treated patients with less side effects than topical steroids The active agent, tacrolimus, is a macrolide immunosuppressant produced by Streptomyces that inhibits T-lymphocyte cell activation. Protopic Ointment has been FDA approved for short-term and intermittent long-term therapy for patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis in whom the use of conventional therapies is inadvisable or not adequately effective. Medical links medical resources.
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Calcium-Magnesium Complex:
Calcium is deficient in most of our diets. This deficiency is most prevalent
in women who have had children and who have never supplemented their
own diets with calcium. Calcium consumption, along with exercise, is
the best means to prevent calcium deficiency.
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