Preventing recurrent hypomagnesaemia: oral magnesium glycerophosphate

About oral magnesium glycerophosphate

Oral magnesium glycerophosphate is not currently licensed in the UK for use in any condition. Therefore using oral magnesium glycerophosphate in the UK to prevent hypomagnesaemia from coming back in people who have previously been treated for this condition with a magnesium drip is described as 'unlicensed'.

Oral magnesium glycerophosphate is a form of magnesium that can be swallowed as a liquid or pills (these are known as oral medicines). By making more magnesium available for absorption, supplementation aims to increase the amount of magnesium taken up by the body.

Other forms of oral magnesium are available in the UK, but none of them is licensed to be used for preventing people who have had hypomagnesaemia from developing the condition again.