Magnesium gastrointestinal effects

In medical practice, other salicylic acid derivatives are used in the form of salts. Magnesium salicylate and sodium salicylate are less effective than respective doses of aspirin however, they are easier on patients that are sensitive to aspirin. Choline magnesium trisalicylate represents a mixture of choline salicylate and magnesium salicylate, which has the same effect as aspirin however, it is easier on patients in which gastrointestinal effects are observed upon taking aspirin. 

What negative gastrointestinal effect may be seen with magnesium-containing antacids ... 

Acetylsalicylic acid is usually given by oral administration (0.5-8 g/day) for pain and inflammation and for antiplatelet therapy (75-100 mg/day). It is also available in rectal and topical formulations and as a soluble lysine derivative for intravenous or intramuscular application. Acetylsalicylic acid is often used in multi-drug preparations. The main side-effects are gastrointestinal disorders. Use in children is limited due to the risk of Reye s syndrome (Waldmann et al., 1982). The lithium, magnesium, calcium, and aluminium salts of acetylsalicylic acid are used in some special preparations. 

In a separate experiment with zinc supplied at 9 ppm in all diets, the effect of increasing dietary calcium in calcium or magnesium precipitated tofu or egg white diets on weight gain and tibia zinc accumulation was tested. From Table IV it can be noted that the performance of tofu-fed rats relative to zinc carbonate-fed rats was quite similar at 0.4% total dietary calcium, but was reduced as dietary calcium was increased to 0.7% and to 1.2%. These results suggest that a poorly available calcium-zinc-phytate complex not present in the soy curd can form in the gastrointestinal tract when sufficient calcium is added to the diet. 

Valproic acid is available as sodium, magnesium, and calcium salts, as the free acid, and as a coordination compound, valproate semisodium (divalproex sodium), which comprises the sodium salt of valproic acid and free valproic acid in a 1 1 molar ratio. AH share the same active principle (valproic acid) and have virtually identical tolerability, although the formulation influences the incidence of gastrointestinal adverse effects. Valpromide (rINN) is a prodrug of valproate, to which it is converted with a half-hfe of less than 1 hour. Valnoctamide (rINN) is an isomer of valpromide. 

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