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I have fructose malabsorption. i'm having a surgery which needs me on laxatives. can i have magnesium citrate even though it contains saccharin?
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Surgery: Saccharin is an artificial sweetner and as such use can use magnesium citrate without a problem.
Answered 11/3/2013
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