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Topic: Help -- Which mag with Levaquin?

txgirl09
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I've been taking levaquin for a week now. My bart symptoms are already feeling a bit better, but I'm having some muscle pains....not really tendon, but in my leg and shoulder muscles.

I know magnesium should help this, and I already take mag tab sr. Is there another type of magnesium you recommend?

I'll touch base with my llmd tomorrow too, but I really want to stay on levaquin.

Thanks in advance!

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TF
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My now famous lyme doctor had me stop magnesium when he put me on Levaquin.

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Myco
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Yes, I think you are supposed to load up alot BEFORE you go on Levaquin, but stop while on it. Studies show It interferes with the Quinolone absorption.

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txgirl09
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Really? My dr did not tell me to stop the mag before!

I read on dr b's guidelines to load up on magnesium and high doese of vitamin c, but it does not say before. Interesting.

Thanks!

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jenny76
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YIKES! I was on high doses of Lev and took Mag right along per my LLMD! I took Magnesium glycinate.

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TF
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"Loading" means prior to taking the Levaquin.

Burrascano guidelines, p. 25 says loading the patient with magnesium may prevent tendon damage while on Levaquin.

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nefferdun
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Too bad no one warned me with this information as I got tendon damage. But the best type of magnesium to take is one ending with "ate" which a chelated form. I took magnesium citrate because I could buy it by the pound from herbalcom.com and put about a gram of it into some milk. It has no taste.

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