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What is Magnesium Sulfate?

Category: Prescription Drugs

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Magnesium sulfate is used to treat and prevent hypomagnesemia; prevention and treatment of seizures in severe pre-eclampsia or eclampsia, pediatric acute nephritis; torsade de pointes; treatment of cardiac arrhythmias caused by hypomagnesemia; and as a soaking aid.

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Reported purpose & perceived effectiveness
Purpose Patients Evaluations Perceived Effectiveness
HELLP syndrome 11 1
Preeclampsia / eclampsia 9 0
Fibromyalgia 5 2
Acute intermittent porphyria 1 0
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 1 0
Constipation 1 1

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Side effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Side effects as an overall problem
Severity Evaluations Percentage
Severe 1
Moderate 0
Mild 4
None 0

Commonly reported side effects and conditions associated with Magnesium Sulfate

Side effect Patients Percentage
Burning pain 1
Excessive gas 1
Fatigue 1
Injection site pain 1
Loopy feeling 1

Why patients stopped taking Magnesium Sulfate

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Reason Patients Percentage
Course of treatment ended 5
Other 1
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Duration

Stopped taking Magnesium Sulfate

Duration Patients Percentage
Less than 1 month 3
1 - 6 months 1
2 - 5 years 1
Adherence
Adherence Evaluations Percentage
Always 4
Usually 1
Sometimes 0
Never taken as prescribed 0
Burden
Burden Evaluations Percentage
Very hard to take 1
Somewhat hard to take 2
A little hard to take 2
Not at all hard to take 0
Cost per month
Cost per month Evaluations Percentage
$200+ 0
$100-199 0
$50-99 0
$25-49 0
< $25 2
Not specified 3
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