Calcium citrate & magnesium supplement

Hi all,

It's been a few weeks since I started my home remedy by taking supplements. One week ago I started taking calcium plus supplement (with calcium citrate malate, magnesium oxide and vitamin D) and I feel like my pain had a noticeable decrease which made me really happy for a while.
However almost at the same time (2 days after I started this) my stomach/intestines felt really bloated and there is a pressure (sometimes pain) in my rectum. At first I thought it was because my stomach had been exposed to cold air/wind (I do get gasy because of that) but it usually goes away within a day. This time it's been a week and I still constantly feel bloated!

I read that one of the side effects of magnesium is bloated stomach, so am wondering if anyone had similar experience with magnesium supplements?

This is really annoying and frustrating because I feel like I finally found something that helps with my condition but it's creating other troubles. I'm stopping my multi-vitamin (which contains magnesium) to see if that helps. I would like to ask if anyone knows a good brand for calcium citrate supplement that does not contain magnesium? I live in Sydney btw!

It is dangerous to take higher amounts of particular vitamins and nutrients because the body needs to maintain a balance to function properly. If you want to increase your intake, look for foods that have it. But be careful. Even thouhh its not a drug, you should be konitored byba doctor.

Hi,

Thanks for the reply!
I don't think I'm taking any in high dose cause I take less than the daily serving written on the bottle. For the calcium citrate I only take 400mg a day and after stopping my symptom didn't change so I guess it wasn't the supplements that caused anything. But I will be careful and might not take as much as I used to, cause I realised my pain remained somewhat similar (didn't flare up a lot) even when I stopped everything. Don't want to stress my system too much either :p