title: Severe Symptomatic Hypermagnesemia Associated with Over-the-Counter Laxatives in a Patient with Renal Failure and Sigmoid Volvulus.
abstract: Hypermagnesemia is an uncommon but a potentially serious clinical condition. Over-the-counter magnesium containing products are widely used as antacids or laxatives. Although generally well tolerated in patients with normal renal function, their unsupervised use in the elderly can result in severe symptomatic hypermagnesemia, especially in those patients with concomitant renal failure and bowel disorders. We report a case of severe symptomatic hypermagnesemia associated with over-the-counter laxatives in a 70-year-old male patient with renal failure and sigmoid volvulus, who was successfully treated with hemodialysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11212, USA.
authors.forename: Talal
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Khairi
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11212, USA.
authors.forename: Syed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amer
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11212, USA.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spitalewitz
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11212, USA.
authors.forename: Lutfi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alasadi