Generality
Magnesium deficiency can develop for various reasons, attributable to insufficient food intake, increased need, excessive losses, impaired intestinal absorption or prolonged intake of particular drugs (e.g. proton pump inhibitors , including omeprazole ) .
The resulting symptoms are the most disparate and can regress after an adequate administration of magnesium orally or intravenously .
In medical language, the lack of magnesium in the blood is called hypomagnesaemia ; in the most serious cases, this condition can be very dangerous, considering the possible onset of serious cardiac arrhythmias.