Medication Safety Issues
Sound-alike/look-alike issues:
Magnesium gluconate may be confused with other magnesium salts (eg, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium chloride, magnesium carbonate)
Magonate tablets [OTC], which contains magnesium gluconate, may be confused with Magonate liquid [OTC], which contains magnesium carbonate. The amount of elemental magnesium varies greatly according to salt; use caution not to confuse the products.