Magnesium Supp & Antibiotics

[wals2050]

Hello. I am new to this forum. I have been giving my 7 yr old a mag supp. for the last week in addition to B complex. My son has an ear infection and was prescribed amoxicillin for the next 10 days. Can someone tell me if there is a negative interaction between mag and the antibiotic. Does it mess up his stomach? What else does it do? Thank you for your help. I am so new to this.

[Chemar]

Hi

 

I am not seeing a potential for bad interaction with mag and amox on the drug interactions list, but it really is always a good idea to ask the pharmacist about possible interactions

 

antibiotics kill off good bacteria in the gut so it is always a good idea to give a probiotic too...just be sure to give it three hours after the antibiotic or it will be rendered ineffective by the anti action

 

 

some forms of magnesium can have a laxative effect

 

remember to avoid magnesium oxide as it is very poorly absorbed and so most passes straight through

Edited April 3, 2010 by Chemar
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[Wombat140]

I know you can't take calcium with tetracycline, or not within 4 hours of it or something. Otherwise the tetracycline doesn't work. But then nearly everything seems to interfere with tetracycline!