how large are the tablets?
 

Humongous? or average?

Can you post the maker here so I can look it up?

A humongous size tablet of magnesium could have up to 100mg of elemental in it.
Here is an example:
http://www.nutritiondynamics.com/pro...sium/main.html
The glycinate tablet here is clearly marked...elemental, and I expect it to be very large--almost an inch long (like the magnesium malate I used to use).
Here is a powder you can buy... which gives the ratio.. 20% elemental
http://www.shfnatural.com/Merchant2/...Category_Code=

This one gives elemental too:
http://www.drhoffman.com/page.cfm/314

I cannot answer your question if I can't see the product or label.

Thanks Mrs D. It is by Metagenics and is the regular called Mag Glycinate. They are pretty big pill and says 2 pill have 200mg of magnesium bis-glycinate. Thanks again.

Having been taking 500 mg daily for about 25 years - helps with the muscle spasms and cramps - more then Baclofen (sp)

WHEW! I have just read this entire thread and I want to say a humongous THANK YOU to everyone who posted here. I checked many of the websites given and am very glad I did. I had just bought 2 lg grapefruit and was about to eat one while reading this thread. I clicked on a drug interaction website given here and lo and behold...

One of the meds I take has a potentially harmful reaction when ingesting grapefruit juice. Also, I had recently jumped on the magnesium supplement bandwagon and had purchased a bottle of it, so read the back label and it contained Mag Oxide.

I am very appreciative of all the work and effort you all put into this thread to inform members like me.

Thanks again. Your research helped this member alot. The info was priceless.. :grouphug:

*Just one more reason NT is so amazing*

Okay, that means if there is 100mg of elemental mag in each tablet, you are
getting 1/2 the RDA by taking two a day. Not all is absorbed, but most will be.

Thanks but I am taking 4 is that ok and good? Also I am sorry to beat a dead horse but I am having a hard time with my pain issue and I was wondering if you could look over my list of daily supp and tell me what I should add or take away. Thanks a million.
womens multi
calcium 600 with vitamin d -2 a day
mag glycinate 400mg but split in 2 doses
glucosamine msn 2 a day
vitamin c 500mg
kaprex 2 a day split doses
fish oil 2 a day 1200mg

I was going to add b complex in but I thought it used to contribute to my dizzy feeling but that could be wrong and my b12 level is 1500 to 2000 depending.The kaprex I know there is little data but could this in any way be harmful if taking 2 daily for ever. Is epa dha 6:1 better then the reg fish oil. The fish oil I take is by nature made but the epa:dha is by metagenics and says it is a minor pain support Thanks so much.

I've read the entire mag file. So is Mag glycinate the best since its the most absorable?

I looked for mag taurate in the store and could not find it.

Sorry, don't have experience with Kaprex...but it strikes me as similar to Limbrel (on RX). How it works is by improving inflammation, which is what the fish oil also does. There are studies coming out now that glucosamine does not work wonders (if at all).
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...ht=glucosamine

However, I know people who swear by it. It didn't do much for me.
If you make your own chicken soup --with chicken complete with bones, and simmer out all the connective tissue parts, you get far more than a glucosamine pill has. And you get dinner with it!

If you D is low --how much D are you taking in that cal/D tablet? You will far more D than is typically in mixtures like that.

Most of the chelates work fine. None are 100% absorbed. The mag taurate is not high in mag... it is a small capsule.
This one appears to have more magnesium in it...
http://www.amazon.com/Magnesium-Taur.../dp/B000U67VHE
read the customer review... another misadventure with labeling...

This one reads better:
http://www.naturalhealthyconcepts.co...pplements.html
4 tablets contain 400mg magnesium.

Just pick one chelate and take it. Avoid oxide form, and target 1/2 of the RDA unless you have a doctor's supervision for higher doses.
People who are sensitive to looseness like me are the ones who have to pick and choose. Also it is important to understand that if one chooses a poor brand/type, taking it will give no results. Assuming then that magnesium does not work...would then be a false assumption. This is the most common error in using magnesium supplements. And remember, you can get it from foods. (which is what I try to do)

My d levels are good but I have osteoprosis. The endo told me to take 2 calcium with d. The calcium amount is 600mg and the d is 400iu.
I am so lost Mrs D so I thought the gylcinate was very well absorbed and what docs use. Is 400mg good or no the 200mg because it is 1/2 the rda amount? This doc wanted me to work up to 10 but I don't feel comfortable. I have bowels of steel and the amount to give me loose bowels would be unreal. Thanks about the Kaprex. There seems to be little data. I guess Shelly and I are the test bunnies and right now for me no help. Not cheap stuff either. I feel some of the supps are just giving me expensive urine.Thanks always