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What Causes Watery Stool After Taking Magnesium Citrate?

Posted on Mon, 4 Jul 2016

Question: Here is a short version of my scenario. I've had fairly thin stools over the last couple days and today a fairly thick but small stool. I got worried that I was constipated and tried Fleet enama twice. Both times only liquid came out. I went to the ER, they checked me for impaction and said they don't see any. They told me to take Magnisium Citrate and 3 hours after I did I have very watery stool. I can't tell if it's just the liquid passing around the stool or did the medication actually turn my stool to liquid. The liquid is color of a stool

Answered by Dr. Dr. Klerida Shehu (12 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Normal effect of Magnesium Citrate...

Detailed Answer:
Hi and welcome to HCM.
You are reporting to have been constipated , which continue after enema too.
After you have used magnesium Citrate you have watery stools and .
It is a normal effect of the magnesium Citrate to cause watery stool. Since the liquid has the color of the stool than it means that the medication has turned the stools to watery stools.
Magnesium Citrate is a saline laxative that is thought to work by increasing fluid in the small intestine.It reaches the effects between 30 minutes to 3 hours after use.
So your symptoms are typical after Magnesium Citrate use.
This is why in clinical practice we use it to clean the bowel before colonoscopy or surgery.
Hope it was helpful to you!
Dr.klerida

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