Re: Slow release magnesium at Iherb?

[Guest guest]

Grace,

Like you, I-Herb is my favorite place to buy almost all of our family's

supplements on-line also, but I couldn't find any good slow release magnesium

products at I-Herb either -- even when using I-Herb's user-friendly search

engine.

Here's a link to a comparison of the 3 different kinds of slow release magnesium

products which I'm familiar with. It's slanted to favor JigSaw Magnesium, of

course, because I found it posted on the Jigsaw website. Nevertheless, it's

helpful for the purpose of comparison shopping.

http://www.jigsawhealth.com/resources/magnesium-comparison

Slow Mag (by Purdue) is available almost everywhere in drugs stores, WallMart,

etc. I have always had to special order Mag-Tab SR (by Niche Pharmaceutical)

from my local pharmacy. Here are links to those two websites:

http://www.slowmag.com/

http://www.niche-inc.com/buy/buy.html#2

One advantage of the Slow-Mag product (by Purdue) is that it contains chloride

which should help to displace bromide or fluoride, since it is in the halide

family of elements, just as iodine/iodide is. However, a disadvantage of

Slow-Mag, IMO, is that it also contains calcium which Dr. Abraham has said in

his writings that we don't need because calcium competes with magnesium, and

people tend to be obsessed with calcium (my words, not his -- but that's the

gist of what he said).

That leaves the Jigsaw product, which has the advantage of containing

dimagnesium malate. The malate form of Mg is preferred by fibromyalgia docs for

helping with muscle cramps and FM pain. It is recommended to take 2 pills twice

a day. The cost per pill is 12.5 cents -- if you buy 4 bottles in order to get

their free S & H, for a total daily cost of 50 cents per day.

The cost per pill for Slow Mag is 21.7 cents per pill; this comes to a total

daily cost of 86.8 cents per day when taking two pills twice a day. The cost per

day for Mag Tab SR (SR - sustained release) is 31.2 cents each, or $1.25 per day

if I order their large, economy-size bottle (100 tabs).

The reason for needing to take so many pills to obtain the required amount of Mg

is that it's hard to put enough Mg into a pill that is small enough to swallow.

All 3 of these different brands of Mg pills can be swallowed relatively easily,

IMO. We have not experienced any GI intolerance (diarrhea) with any of them, but

there is a warning about loose stools on the label of the Mag-Tab SR product.

On rare occasions, we prefer a fast-acting form of Mg -- for example, to stop a

" anxiety/panic attack " relatively quickly (within 20-30 min, not instantly). For

that purpose, we use Magnesium Complex by Nature's Sunshine. It is a

powder-filled capsule. We open the capsule and empty the contents directly under

the tongue for faster sub-lingual absorption directly into the bloodstream. It

is pleasantly acidic tasting, relatively mild and not bitter. We have never

tried it to stop acute leg cramps because I doubt that it would act quickly

enough for that purpose.

For nocturnal leg cramps, quinine sulfate works instantly, but it is no longer

an OTC item; an Rx is required. We were quite surprised to discover that

Hyland's homeopathic Leg Cramp forumula (with Quinine) works equally well. The

best method though is prevention by taking one of the slow-release forms of Mg

regularly in order to prevent leg cramps from occurring by preventing

dehydration and loss of electrolytes during hot summer weather.

>

> Hi,

>

> Does anyone know of a slow release magnesium at iherb.com? I have done a

> search but don't come up with anything. Someone mentioned many moons ago

> about Jigsaw, but they aren't on iherb. Any help is appreciated!

>

> Glowing,

>

> grace~

>

[Guest guest]

Hi,Wow, thank you for that info. I am doing an order for the slow release mag for several of us. I will just go ahead and order the Jigsaw, after looking at the info, that seems the most reasonable. I appreciate all your information, especially the pricing. I had never thought to do that.

I have made a chart of what I take and when. I take supplements 5 times a day at this point. The ones that need to be taken on an empty stomach I take 1 hour after taking my thyroid, which I learned on this group needed to be taken all by itself. (Thanks !) So, I wake up and take my temp, then take the thyroid. I then go back to sleep for an hour and then take the supplements that need to be taken on an empty stomach. I get up and TRY to do my Qi Gong exercises first. Just that I am able to get up and do them is a miracle for me. I realized this morning that although I am not all go, go, go, I am able to do my exercises. I used to stay in bed until 9:30 or so trying to get the sleep I missed during the nite. Now, I have my phone set with alarms so that I start at 6 and I am able to do that most days.

Thanks again for all the info. You really went the extra mile and I REALLY appreciate it. You are a gem as are all the members of this group. I just hope more and more people will learn about this. Although then there will be more messages, which I can hardly keep up with now. I guess we could start another group. (wink)

I just love this group. I usually stop at my computer before doing my Qi Gong, so I get side tracked. LOL You are all worth the time though! Glowing,grace~

Re: Slow release magnesium at Iherb?

Posted by: "texlyme_mom" texlyme_mom@... texlyme_mom

Fri Sep 9, 2011 10:00 am (PDT)

Grace, Like you, I-Herb is my favorite place to buy almost all of our family's supplements on-line also, but I couldn't find any good slow release magnesium products at I-Herb either -- even when using I-Herb's user-friendly search engine.Here's a link to a comparison of the 3 different kinds of slow release magnesium products which I'm familiar with. It's slanted to favor JigSaw Magnesium, of course, because I found it posted on the Jigsaw website. Nevertheless, it's helpful for the purpose of comparison shopping.http://www.jigsawhealth.com/resources/magnesium-comparisonSlow Mag (by Purdue) is available almost everywhere in drugs stores, WallMart, etc. I have always had to special order Mag-Tab SR (by Niche Pharmaceutical) from my local pharmacy. Here are links to those two websites:http://www.slowmag.com/http://www.niche-inc.com/buy/buy.html#2One advantage of the Slow-Mag product (by Purdue) is that it contains chloride which should help to displace bromide or fluoride, since it is in the halide family of elements, just as iodine/iodide is. However, a disadvantage of Slow-Mag, IMO, is that it also contains calcium which Dr. Abraham has said in his writings that we don't need because calcium competes with magnesium, and people tend to be obsessed with calcium (my words, not his -- but that's the gist of what he said). That leaves the Jigsaw product, which has the advantage of containing dimagnesium malate. The malate form of Mg is preferred by fibromyalgia docs for helping with muscle cramps and FM pain. It is recommended to take 2 pills twice a day. The cost per pill is 12.5 cents -- if you buy 4 bottles in order to get their free S & H, for a total daily cost of 50 cents per day.The cost per pill for Slow Mag is 21.7 cents per pill; this comes to a total daily cost of 86.8 cents per day when taking two pills twice a day. The cost per day for Mag Tab SR (SR - sustained release) is 31.2 cents each, or $1.25 per day if I order their large, economy-size bottle (100 tabs).The reason for needing to take so many pills to obtain the required amount of Mg is that it's hard to put enough Mg into a pill that is small enough to swallow. All 3 of these different brands of Mg pills can be swallowed relatively easily, IMO. We have not experienced any GI intolerance (diarrhea) with any of them, but there is a warning about loose stools on the label of the Mag-Tab SR product.On rare occasions, we prefer a fast-acting form of Mg -- for example, to stop a "anxiety/panic attack" relatively quickly (within 20-30 min, not instantly). For that purpose, we use Magnesium Complex by Nature's Sunshine. It is a powder-filled capsule. We open the capsule and empty the contents directly under the tongue for faster sub-lingual absorption directly into the bloodstream. It is pleasantly acidic tasting, relatively mild and not bitter. We have never tried it to stop acute leg cramps because I doubt that it would act quickly enough for that purpose. For nocturnal leg cramps, quinine sulfate works instantly, but it is no longer an OTC item; an Rx is required. We were quite surprised to discover that Hyland's homeopathic Leg Cramp forumula (with Quinine) works equally well. The best method though is prevention by taking one of the slow-release forms of Mg regularly in order to prevent leg cramps from occurring by preventing dehydration and loss of electrolytes during hot summer weather.