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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 40 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Cramps in calf muscles 26 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Increase effect of another treatment 18 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 17 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Muscle cramps 13 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Stiffness/Spasticity 13 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 164 patients currently taking Potassium

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 28

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Potassium

Hospitalization 2

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Potassium. See all 54 dosages ►

  daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 20 mEq/L daily 50 mg daily 90 mg daily 99 mg daily 198 mg daily 550 mg daily 595 mg daily
  10 Number of Patients: 10 9 Number of Patients: 9 6 Number of Patients: 6 8 Number of Patients: 8 5 Number of Patients: 5 7 Number of Patients: 7 36 Number of Patients: 36 6 Number of Patients: 6 6 Number of Patients: 6 7 Number of Patients: 7  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Potassium (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 13   Other: 34%
Did not seem to work 7   Did not seem to work: 18%
Course of treatment ended 5   Course of treatment ended: 13%
Personal research 5   Personal research: 13%
Doctor's advice 4   Doctor's advice: 11%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 5%
Expense 1   Expense: 3%

See all 34 patients who’ve stopped taking Potassium

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Potassium

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

Stopped Taking Potassium

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Potassium

Always
 14 48%
Usually
 9 31%
Sometimes
 5 17%
Never
 1 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Potassium

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 3%
A little
 4 14%
Not at all
 24 83%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Potassium

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 14 100%

Report created on May 26, 2012.