Is magnesium outside or inside the easy to swallow pills?

[needforthc]

I'm asking because the loperamide I use has a considerable amount. I buy the easy to swallow ones( the ones you can open and powder will come out). Anyways, I have a very bad reaction to the magnesium in them(and in general). It makes me very anxious and it actually gives me diarrhea if I take more than 5-10. This eventually settles but the anxiety remains.

Anyways, would opening the pill and mixing the powder with water instead of eating them whole get rid of the magnesium?

 

[Mysterie]

nop, i think it would just mean you are drinking magnesium powder and lope mixed with water. right?

 

[needforthc]

Do you know for sure that the magnesium isn't on the coating? If so, how come?

 

[Mysterie]

u mean peel off the coating and then swallow the pill then?

i don't think they would put magnesium in the coating tbh.

have you tried taking the pills after a meal? i have gotten stomach upset from taking lots of magnesium on an empty stomach before.

 

[needforthc]

No man. I'm talking about the pills that you can open up, pour the powder out and then close them up again. Do you understand?

 

[Mysterie]

mmk, haven't come across pills you can open. u mean capsules?

 

[needforthc]

this is what I'm talking about

 

[Kittycat5]

Thats loperamide? Looks like lansoprazole (Prevacid) but maybe that is just a sample image?

 

[Hodor]

Those are gelcaps... the outside should be made of gelatin, the powder inside should be the active ingredient (Loperamide HCl) + various binders (lactose, magnesium stearate...).

Edit: Wait, isn't magnesium stearate only used to manufacture tablets? Are you sure there's even magnesium in there?

 

[needforthc]

I'm 100% sure it has magnesium since I checked the exact product I buy and looked at the inactive ingredients. Indeed, that is a sample photo to show what I mean. Terrible for me with the magnesium . Maybe there's a way to take it out? Worst case scenario I'll buy the syrup which is just as cheap but very disgusting...

 

[crzydiamond]

Every loperamide product other than liquid I have ever seen is these little tiny tablet pills. From the name brand Imodium to the generics (prefer generics). Why don't you just buy those? I cannot imagine that giant capsule is "easier to swallow" than the little tiny tablets.

Also, magnesium (think milk of magnesia--has like 1200 mg of magnesium hydroxide as its active ingredient) is a laxative. Unless there is a very small amount in your pill that would be an odd ingredient to put in a diarrhea medication...

You don't want the liquid Imodium. There are other ingredients in there. You want plain boring little tiny green generic loperamide tablets