4 Things to Know Before You Take a Magnesium Supplement

4 Things to Know Before You Take a Magnesium Supplement Medications that can lower Magnesium: Loop and thiazide diuretics eg Furosemide Proton pump inhibitors eg Omeprazole Aminoglycoside antibiotics eg Gentamicin Amphotericin B Digoxin Chemotherapy agents eg Cisplatin, Cyclosporin Conditions that affect Magnesium levels: Starvation Alcohol abuse Chronic Kidney Disease Acute diarrhoea Crohn s and Ulcerative Colitis Gastric bypass surgery Acute Pancreatitis Hungry bone syndrome