What is the difference between magnesium gluconate and magnesium citrate?
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- 21 Sep 2009 by daisy3
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- magnesium citrate, magnesium gluconate
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suzanne666 Oct 2009
They are both magesium "salts"(chemical compounds made from magnesium and acid ions) . Magnesium gluconate is generally used as a magnesium supplement and magnesium citrate is used as a laxative.
See: http://www.drugs.com/mtm/magnesium-gluconate.html
http://www.drugs.com/cdi/magnesium-citrate-solution.html
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