Thanks for the explanation. The reason why we take it is because my wife suffer from frequent migraine attacks and we found out that magnesium is an excellent reducer for migraine. She took Magnesium oxide for a while and her migraines reduced big time but she had bloating, cramping and diarrhea. I looked it up and found that magnesium oxide is not a good supplement to take due to the symptoms. I wasn't sure which one to take (glycinate, threonate, chelate and citrate etc) but we will give glycinate a try.

Basically it's supposed to reduce inflammation, right? I take it for my arthritis in my arm from an accident I had when I was a kid.