Many commonly prescribed pharmaceutical drugs cause the body to lose
magnesium via the urine, such as diuretics for hypertension; birth control pills; insulin; digitalis; tetracycline and some other antibiotics; and corticosteroids and bronchodilators for asthma.
The excess minerals that turn the water alkalinizing, such as
magnesium, calcium, potassium, can be difficult to eliminate
via the
urine and start accumulating in your body.