Vitamin D and Opioids both reduce Magnesium, which results in constipation – Sept 2016

Opioid Induced Constipation and Magnesium Vitamin D Survivor Sept 2016

• Study of possible correlation between MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY and HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE 2015?

Constipation - Magnesium, Calcium and cofactors – Vitamin D Life is included below

Increased Vitamin D ==> Decreases Mg ==> Constipation

• Vitamin D and Constipation Easy Immune Health] Actually a lack of Mg due to vitamin D
• Magnesium and Constipation
• Magnesium For Constipation? May 2013
  The symptoms of acute magnesium deficiency that you will tend to experience include:
  Constipation; Muscle weakness, tremor, or spasm; Sleepiness, fatigue; Vomiting; Headaches; Insomnia; Irritability
  Poor memory; Rapid heartbeat; Numbness, tingling; Muscle contractions, cramps
• Natural Constipation Relief Dr. Oz Show, March 2012, Ca and Mg
• Magnesium Excels Against Constipation PeoplesPharmacy, March 2013
• The Pain of Constipation New York Times June 2013
  Nice overview of the increasing problems in 10 year olds. No mention of deficiency of Vitamin D nor Magnesium
  Constipation was the most common specific diagnosis, the cause of the pain in more than a quarter of the children age 1-18

Admin of Vitamin D Life agrees

I had the worst constipation of my life after taking lots of vitamin D before I started adding Magnesium to the cofactors which I had been taking

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Clippings from the internet July 2010: Constipation, Magnesium, and Cofactors

• This got me started - constipation after 6 months on 10,000 IU ofvitamin D - did not describe the solution
• Vitamin uses up Magnesium, which causes constipation
• hundreds of reasons for constipation - vitamin D is just one
• WrongDiagnosis lists 727 causes of constipation
• Discription of Calcium, Magnesium, and other cofactors
• Calcium and Magnesium needed co-factors - to prevent side-affects such as constipation
• Importance of Magnesium cofactor for vitamin D - Vitamin D council newsletter
• Ted Hutchinson on Magnesium and other co-factors- with lots of links and recommendations
• Vitamin D and Opioids both reduce Magnesium, which results in constipation – Sept 2016

See also Vitamin D Life

• Search Vitamin D Life for pages which contain the word constipation 451 pages as of Aug 2018
• Overview Magnesium and vitamin D
• Low cost cofactors for vitamin D
• Some people have problems with vitamin D
• Magnesium and Vitamin D - similar, different and synergistic

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Members of my family noticed this as well.

• My 103 year old father-in-law had lots of constipation after increasing vitamin D to 17,000 IU daily - cured by also increaseing his Magnesium intake
• My 73 year-old wive had constipation when taking hydrocodone untill we increase her Magnesium intake