[MedicalConspiracies] Milk of magnesia is called Magnesium Hydroxide the NEW one has equal concentrations of aluminum hydroxide

I was searching for an old email and ran across this in one of my other groups, boy... everything that used to be good is now bad!
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http://vsearch.nlm.nih.gov/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta?v:project=medlineplus&query=milk+of+magnesia&x=8&y=18

Magnesium Hydroxide 

Milk of Magnesia® ... Milk of Magnesia-Concentrated® ... Phillips Milk of Magnesia® ...Magnesium hydroxide is used on a short-term basis to treat constipation. This medication is sometimes prescribed for ...

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/meds/a601073.html - Drugs and Supplements

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium_hydroxide

Preparation

Magnesium hydroxide can be precipitated by the metathesis reaction between magnesium salts and sodium, potassium, orammonium hydroxide:

Mg²⁺ (aq) + 2 OH⁻ (aq) → Mg(OH)₂ (s)

[edit]Uses

Suspensions of magnesium hydroxide in water (milk of magnesia) are used as an antacid to neutralize stomach acid, and a laxative. The diarrhea caused by magnesium hydroxide carries away much of the body's supply of potassium, and failure to take extra potassium may lead to muscle cramps.^[7] Magnesium hydroxide is also used as an antiperspirant armpit deodorant.^[8]Milk of magnesia is useful against canker sores (aphthous ulcer) when used topically.^[9]

Milk of magnesia is sold for medical use as chewable tablets, capsules, and as liquids having various added flavors. It is primarily used to alleviate constipation, but also to relieve indigestion and heartburn. When taken orally as a laxative, theosmotic force of the magnesia suspension acts to draw fluids from the body and to retain those already within the lumen of theintestine, serving to distend the bowel, thus stimulating nerves within the colon wall, inducing peristalsis and resulting in evacuation of colonic contents. It is also used as an antacid, though more modern formulations combine the antimotility effects of equal concentrations of aluminum hydroxide to avoid unwanted laxative effects.