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What is Potassium Citrate?

Potassium citrate is an alkalinizing agent that is used in conditions where long-term maintenance of an alkaline urine is desirable and for the treatment of metabolic acidosis.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Kidney stones 6 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 2 0
Kidney stone 2 1 Efficacy_moderate
Interstitial Cystitis 1 0
cystinuria 1 0
Hypokalemia 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 4

Reported Dosages

  10 mEq daily 20 mEq daily 30 mEq daily 60 mEq daily 1,080 mg daily 3,240 mg daily 4,320 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 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  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Potassium Citrate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 67%
Expense 1   Expense: 33%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 33%

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

Currently Taking Potassium Citrate

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

Stopped Taking Potassium Citrate

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Potassium Citrate

Always
 2 50%
Usually
 2 50%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Potassium Citrate

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 25%
A little
 1 25%
Not at all
 2 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Potassium Citrate

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 2 100%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.