magnesium citrate oral laxative solution is now only sold with sucralose, which is the devil. how to make your own magnesium citrate solution --- magnesium molecular weight: 24 magnesium oxide molecular weight: 40 citrate molecular weight: 192 lemon juice acid content: 6 percent units '40/(192+24)' = 0.185 grams MgO per gram citrate ignoring hydrogen, we have units 0.06 * 1000 = 60 grams citrate per liter lemon juice if making magnesium citrate solution from lemon juice: units '24/(192+24)*.06*1000' = 6.66 mg elemental magnesium per ml to balance equally: units '40/(192+24)*.06*1g/ml*1000ml' = 11.1 g MgO but we want it slightly acidic so let's call it 10g MgO per liter of lemon juice or about 3 teaspoons of MgO powder per liter of lemon juice USP oral laxative is 1.745g/floz in a 296ml bottle units '24/(192+24)*1.745g/floz' mg/ml = 6.55 mg elemental magnesium per ml to make 300 ml of USP strength solution: 40/(192+24)*1.745g/floz*300ml = 3.28g MgO 192/(192+24)*1.745g/floz*300ml = 15.7g citric acid 300-3.28-15.7 = 281g water again we want it slightly acidic so let's call it 3g of MgO and 15g citric acid this is about 1 tsp of MgO powder and 3 tsp of granulated citric acid add half the water, and microwave until hot. shake and stir. wait until it's clear and add the rest of the water. keep it in the fridge so it doesn't go bad. i take 2 tablespoons a day with diluted grape juice and i'm not dead yet.