A 35-year-old member asked:
How long should i give milk of magnesia (magnesium hydroxide) to work?
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
Milk of magnesia (magnesium hydroxide): Milk of Magnesia (magnesium hydroxide) usually takes effect (leads to a bowel movement ) in half an hour to six hours – but this is variable.
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Dr. Alan Alianswered
Psychiatry 34 years experience
MOM: Within average of 6 hours.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
How fast milk of magnesia (magnesium hydroxide) work?
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Dr. Yash Khannaanswered
Family Medicine 59 years experience
1/2 HOUR TO 6 HOURS: It may work as an antacid within 30 minutes and as a laxative it may take 6 hours to 12 hours.
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Dr. Raymond Chow commented
Pharmacology 10 years experience
Check with the dosing on the product label, since generally lower doses are used for acid reduction (1-3 TEAspoons), and higher to move the bowels (1-3 TABLEspoons).
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MA
A 19-year-old female asked:
How long does milk of magnesia (magnesium hydroxide) stay in your system ?
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Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 51 years experience
Depends: The elimination of this laxative depends on the rate of movement of bowel contents. Under usual circumstances most of it should be out of the GI tract in a couple of days, a week at the most.
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A 22-year-old female asked:
How long does it take for milk of magnesia (magnesium hydroxide) to work? I haven't gone in 4 days...
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Dr. Phillip Goebelanswered
Emergency Medicine 18 years experience
A couple of hours: If it has not worked in a couple of hours you should either take another doe or switch to something like miralax (polyethylene glycol) in combination with enemas.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Is milk of magnesia (magnesium hydroxide) habit forming?
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Dr. Yash Khannaanswered
Family Medicine 59 years experience
No it is not: No it is not habit forming but some people tend to use it over long period of time to help move bowels.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
How much time does it take for milk of magnesia (magnesium hydroxide) to work?
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
Milk of magnesia (magnesium hydroxide): Milk of Magnesia (magnesium hydroxide) usually takes effect (leads to a bowel movement ) in half an hour to six hours – but this is variable.
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