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Posted 10/15/2015 2:04 AM (GMT 0)
I've been taking 2400 mg. of magnesium malate for over 6 months. I recently started having more heart palpitations. My doctor ran an EKG and everything is fine. I did a search and did see that too much magnesium can cause arrhythmia problems.

Has anyone else had this problem? I cut back to 1200 mg. of the magnesium but now I am getting more leg cramps.
Posted 10/15/2015 5:05 AM (GMT 0)
Nope, that sounds high tho..

Do you take divided doses throughout the day.
Posted 10/15/2015 10:18 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Grammy,

That does sound like a lot of magnesium. Here are a couple paragraphs from a Livestrong article concerning magnesium intake:

Recommended Intake

Healthy women between 19 and 30 years old should consume 310 milligrams of magnesium each day; men of the same age need approximately 400 milligrams. Adults over 30 should have more: 320 milligrams daily for women and 420 milligrams for men. If you choose to supplement with chelated magnesium, you don't need to limit the amount of magnesium in your diet, but you do need to avoid taking more than 350 milligrams of supplementary magnesium per day. Doing so could cause trouble breathing, a severe drop in blood pressure, weakness and heart problems.

Potential Side Effects

Common side effects of chelated magnesium supplements include diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and stomach cramps. Avoid supplementing with magnesium if you have kidney problems or if you are taking a tetracycline, aminoglycoside or quinolone antibiotic; a muscle relaxant like orphenadrine; a potassium-sparing diuretic; a bisphosphonate; or a hypertension drug such as verapamil or nifedipine. Pregnant or nursing women and young children should not take chelated magnesium unless they are under the supervision of a doctor.

Maybe some of our other members will have ideas to address your leg cramps.
Posted 10/15/2015 11:26 AM (GMT 0)
The amount of magnesium malate I take is 425 mg a day which I split in two separate servings.

Sherrine
Posted 10/15/2015 12:38 PM (GMT 0)
I've just started taking magnesium, and it seems to have HELPED a bit with my palpitations (I have PVCs). I'm only taking 250 mg, though, and the dose you are taking does sound really high. Because magnesium does affect muscles (including the heart), having too little can cause a problem, as can taking too much.
Posted 10/15/2015 3:31 PM (GMT 0)
I take 500 mg a day. You are taking a pretty high dose.

It is always good to run your supplements by your pharmacist to guard against potential problems. A label of 'natural' does not mean it is always good for medicinal usage. 'Natural' does not mean safe--it means found in nature.There can always be over-dosages, interactions with other supplements or medications, and this can cause a problem(s,) sometimes very serious ones. The following link takes you to the NIH pages on using dietary supplements.

https://nccih.nih.gov/health/supplements/wiseuse.htm
Posted 10/16/2015 3:54 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you to everyone! I'm cutting my magnesium down to the recommended levels. :-)
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