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What is Potassium?

Multivitamin-mineral supplements in the U.S. do not contain more than 99 mg of potassium per serving. Higher doses of supplemental potassium are generally prescribed to prevent and treat potassium depletion and hypokalemia.

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
9 100%

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Potassium. See all 46 dosages ►

  10mEq/L as needed 20mg as needed 2mg as needed 99 mg as needed as needed daily 2 other weekly 1 mEq/L daily 1 mg daily 1 other daily 2 other daily 3 mEq/L daily 4 mEq/L daily 4 mg daily 4 other daily 8 mcg daily 10 mcg daily 10 mEq/L daily 10 mg daily 20 mEq/L daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mcg daily 40 mEq/L daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily 60 mEq/L daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily 90 mg daily 99 mg daily 100 mg daily 123 mg daily 150 mg daily 198 mg daily 200 mg daily 250 mg daily 297 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily 550 mg daily 595 mg daily 600 mg daily 750 mg daily 1000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 13 Number of Patients: 13 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 4 Number of Patients: 4 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 20 Number of Patients: 20 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 8 Number of Patients: 8 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Potassium (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
6 26% Other: 26%
Did not seem to work
4 17% Did not seem to work: 17%
Course of treatment ended
4 17% Course of treatment ended: 17%
Doctor's advice
3 13% Doctor's advice: 13%
Personal research
2 9% Personal research: 9%
Not indicated
2 9% Not indicated: 9%
Expense
1 4% Expense: 4%

See all 20 patients who’ve stopped taking Potassium

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Potassium

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
2
5
15
21
25

Stopped Taking Potassium

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
1
7
4
4
3

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
7 78%
Usually
1 11%
Sometimes
1 11%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
9 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
6 67%

Report created on November 21, 2009.