... receptor), proton pump inhibitors, antimicrobials, calcineurin inhibitors and cytostatics may all cause hypomagnesaemia, potentially leading to tetany, seizures and cardiac arrhythmias. Conversely, high doses of Mg 2+ salts, frequently administered as an antacid or a laxative, may lead to hypermagnesaemia...

... of cyclosporin/kg daily. 2. After 7 days of cyclosporin treatment, plasma magnesium concentration was 1.04 ±0.01 mmol/l in control rats compared with 0.85 ±0.01 mmol/l in group II and 0.81 ±0.02 mmol/l in group III. After 14 days of cyclosporin administration, group III rats developed severe hypomagnesaemia...

...Viroon Mavichak; Christopher M. L. Coppin; Norman L. M. Wong; John H. Dirks; Valerie Walker; Roger A. L. Sutton 1. The renal handling of calcium and magnesium was studied in six patients with persistent hypomagnesaemia after cis -platinum treatment for testicular tumours. 2. In comparison...

...Kenneth F. Whyte; George J. Addis; Robert Whitesmith; John L. Reid 1. Regulation of magnesium balance is poorly understood. However, hypomagnesaemia has been reported in patients in clinical situations where circulating catecholamines are raised including myocardial infarction, cardiac surgery...