Magnesium Citrate with Sodium Saccharin = dumping

BobbeJoJo
on 9/6/11 8:16 am
I was/am constipated and so I drank about 4 oz of CVS Brand Magnesium Citrate Cherry Flavor -- A Pasturized Sparkling Saline Laxitive.  I used to take this as a constipation remedy before surgery.

It doesn't list sugar as an active or inactive ingredient.  It does have the sweetner "Sodium Saccharin".

I immediately had the worst dumping syndrome that I have had since a week after surgery (I am 6.5 months out now).  I was so sick I wanted to die.  Besides the terrible stomach cramps and all over body sweating I was actually in so much pain I was moaning.  I tried to throw up but I couldn't.  

All I could do is lie down and pray for it to pass.  I felt a little better within 15 minutes and much better within an hour.  Still, the episode wiped me out and I wasn't able to do much the rest of the day.

I thought I was ok with this medicine because there is no sugar listed as an ingredient, but that sodium saccharin nearly killed me. 

And, no it didn't help the constapation either.

I just wanted to share so I could prevent other people from pain like that.
      
                                   
Highest weight: 331 (4/13/10), Entered Bariatric Program: 320 (9/7/10), Pre-Surgery Goal: 310, Day of Surgery: 307 (2/15/11), Current Weight: 171 (5/12/12). 5'5". I am overweight now!
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