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EagleWatcher asked in HealthOther - Health · 1 decade ago

Does taking Potassium rob the body of Magnesium?

My wife has been ordered to take a potassium tablet. Now, at night, she says her legs cramp. My CNA daughter says that the Potassium is robbing her body of Magnesium. Is this possible?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Potassium interacts with sodium but not magnesium. A sodium deficiency is virtually unheard of as most of get too much sodium. Most processed foods contain added sodium chloride (table salt) for flavor.

    Calcium interacts with magnesium so a very high calcium intake can reduce you magnesium level due to preferential absorption of calcium.

    Leg cramps are often caused by a deficiency of potassium, calcium or magnesium.

  • 1 decade ago

    No it doesn't but I saw Don Lichty punch a guy so hard one time that he knocked the Magnesium right out of him. Don Lichty is on the loose so if you want to keep your magnesium inside of you stay away from him.

  • 1 decade ago

    Using my A level chemistry knowledge ( which im currently studying so its all fresh) no. Potassium shouldn't do that, but hey, i may (probably) well be wrong.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

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