Inorg L5: Alkaline Earth Metals

Magaldrate

combination of aluminum and magnesium hydroxides and sulfates

Magnesium Carbonate

Syn: Magnesia

Magnesium Chloride

electrolyte replenisher

Magnesium Citrate

Syn: Limonada purgante, Citrate of Magnesia, Purgative Lemonade

Magnesium Hydroxide

Syn: milk of Magnesia

Magnesium Oxide

Syn: Calcined magnesia, deadburned

Magaldrate

Use: non-systemic antacids

Magnesium Carbonate

Use: antacid, laxative

Magnesium Citrate

Use: laxative

Magnesium Gluconate

electrolyte replenisher

Magnesium Phosphate

Use: antacid and potential laxative action

Magnesium Salicylate

Use: anti-inflammatory

Magnesium Sulfate

Syn: Bitter salt, epsom salt

Magnesium trisilicate

compound of MgO and SiO2 with varying proportions of water 

Talc

Syn: Talcum, French chalk, soapstone

Magnesium Perchlorate

Use: drying agent

Magnesium Sulfate

Use: treatment for eclampsia or pre-eclampsia

Saline Laxative

treats occasional constipation

Magnesium Trisilicate

non-systemic antacid

Talc

Softest mineral

Foliated Talk

occurs in plates

Fibrous Talc

occurs in matted shreds

Steatite

yields a granular particles when pulverized

Erysipelas

bacterial skin infection involving the upper dermis that characteristically extends into superficial cutaneous lymphatics

Caclium

major component of bone marrow

Hypercalcemia

can cause constipation, renal stones, cardiac arrhythmias, cardiac arrest, and depressed brain function

Calcium Carbonate

Use: rapidly acting non-systemic antacids and for prevention of osteoperosis

Milk Alkali Syndrome

Burnett’s syndrome-prolonged

Calcium Hydroxide

Syn: Slaked lime, hydrated lime

Calcium sulfate

Syn: Gypsum, Terra Alba

Calcium Hydroxide

Use: antacid (before); solution added to babies milk formula to prevent curdling of milk

Calcium Sulfate

Use: used in preparing bandages and in cast impressions

Burnett’s Syndrome

severe hypercalcemia'; far-advanced milk-alkali syndrome and due to long-standing calcium and alkali ingestion

Acid Rebound

happens when your body makes too much acid after you stop taking acid-suppressing medication

Strontium Chloride

tooth desensitizing agent

Strontium Bromide

sedative effect

Strontium Lactate

treatment for osteoporosis

Barium Sulfate

used in x-raying imaging to enhance visibility

Barium Sulfate

acts as a radiopaque substance that does not dissolve in water