Talk:Magnesium hydroxide

message: removed this chunk of text, source is unverifiable, 
"Milk of magnesia is also used as a folk remedy, applied and massaged into the scalp a few minutes before washing, to relieve symptoms of seborrhea and dandruff. The mechanism for its effectiveness in this application, like the causes of seborrhea itself, are unknown. An additional folk use is for the treatment of acne or oily skin by applying topically, allowing to dry, and then washing it off the face (or other body part). It is also said to be used for seborrheic dermatitis, which is a drying and flaking of the skin similar to dandruff but often occurring on the face.Try milk of magnesia for pesk acne"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flairmonkey (talk • contribs) 16:47, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
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message: I added the extra use for magnesium hydroxide (biorock) if somethings wrong with that just let me know. ToddSweeney (talk) 17:52, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  may need help? 

message: Someone vandalized the uses part of this page sometime before 9/30/2011.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.91.64.16 (talk) 18:19, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
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message: "hydroxide ions themselves do not play a significant role in the laxative effects of milk of magnesia, as basic solutions (i.e., solutions of hydroxide ions) are not strongly laxative, and non-basic Mg2+ solutions, like MgSO4, are equally strong laxatives mole for mole"  - After it has passed through the acidic stomach it is likely that all the OH- has been neutralized and the solution contains (highly soluble) Mg(Cl)2.  You might say the insoluble slurry of Mg(OH)2 is a more palatable way to deposit high concentrations of Mg(Cl)2 in the intestine.Eaberry (talk) 02:40, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Active species for laxative effect

message: Substituted at 22:49, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: This paragraph seems like a non-sequitur to me, and I wonder what the point is of the reference to GSK:
 Although the name may at some point have been owned by GlaxoSmithKline, USPTO registrations show "Milk of Magnesia" and "Phillips' Milk of Magnesia" have both been assigned to Bayer since 1995.
GSK isn't even referenced at the citation at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=70024049&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch , so there's no evidence that GSK has ever had anything to do with this product. I might as well edit this to read, "Although the name may at some point have been owned by Craig from Wikipedia ...".
Shouldn't this paragraph just read:
 USPTO registrations show "Milk of Magnesia" and "Phillips' Milk of Magnesia" have both been assigned to Bayer since 1995.
Absolutely no need for the introduction involving an unrelated entity.
--Craig (t|c) 08:19, 11 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I fixed this. --Craig (t|c) 23:17, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Odd reference to GSK 

message: Does the relatively easy extraction of Magnesium hydroxide from seawater imply that this is te main source of magnesium metal after further processing? Fsikkema (talk) 14:10, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  source of all magnesium metal?