Magnesium Citrate?

[lawdog63 5]

I start my clear liquid diet tomorrow and I have to drink 2 bottles of magnesium citrate. My surgery is at 7am on Tuesday, so my question is if I drink the magnesium citrate at noon will I be good to go for my surgery.

[rking 484]

I'm going to tell you my story about that so maybe it will help you. I thought it would be best to get as much down me as possible for it to take effect. I got a cherry flavored Boyle. I only had to do one bottle. So I put it on ice and added some Water cuz it was really tart. I drank about 3/4 of it in about oh 30 min or so. I started feeling kinda bad. About an hour and a half later I puked up everything I had in my stomach which was very little. I puked and puked and dry heaved. Then I called doc. Said to drink warm water with Lemmon to settle my stomach down and then I had to buy another bottle cuz I had to get it down. She suggested I drink a little at a time followed by warm water. So I sipped on it and warm water over a three and a half hour period. That flavor was Lemmon and was much better. I held it down and it worked.

[goodnuff 239]

I was supposed to drink mine at 6pm for a 7am surgery the following morning. I too ended up puking mine up but the surgeon said it was ok. Never did end up having a bm from it. If I had to do it all over I wouldn't have had the last supper I did and I would have started sipping the mag citrate earlier in the day to make sure it worked. Just my two cents.

[lawdog63 5]

How many bottles did you do?...I plan on starting at noon tomorrow.

[TinyTink 268]

Some favor mag citrate ice cold, and others prefer it room temperature. Most patients get it down easiest using a straw. If you have to drink two bottles you will be spending lots of quality time in the bathroom. Grab a magazine ahead of time. Good luck with your procedure!!

[goodnuff 239]

I was only supposed to do one. I called my surgeon as soon as it came back up to see if I needed to redo it and he said not to worry about it.