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Can magnesium supplements cause this neck pain??

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Lectei · 06/10/2025 08:45

I posted a week ago about an agonising sprained neck, at its worst I couldn’t lift my head off the bed and I was literally stuck there unable to move. I’ve been taking magnesium citrate for the past few months, 300mg. The stiff neck continued but it started to ease off and I’d stopped taking the magnesium (simply because I couldn’t tip my head back to swallow!)
As of yesterday, the stiff neck had more or less gone. I took magnesium last night before bed and low and behold, the stiff neck is back today. I’ve googled and this is not listed as a side effect! Coincidence or has anyone else experienced this??

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Centuriesahead · 06/10/2025 08:46

No

Greggsit · 06/10/2025 09:01

No. Think about it. A stiff neck is a muscle issue. How is a magnesium supplement only going to affect the muscles in your neck and not any other ones? There's nothing different about neck musles.

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