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What is Potassium chloride?

Potassium chloride is an electrolyte supplement used for the treatment or prevention of low potassium levels in the blood stream, known as hypokalemia. Read more...Click to read more below

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
4 100%

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Potassium chloride. See all 14 dosages ►

  10mEq as needed 8mEq as needed 8 mEq daily 8 other daily 10 mEq daily 10 mEq/L daily 20 mEq/15 mL daily 20 mEq daily 20 mEq/L daily 40 mEq daily 80 mEq daily 90 mg daily 500 mg daily 750 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Potassium chloride (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
1 100% Doctor's advice: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Potassium chloride

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Potassium chloride

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

Stopped Taking Potassium chloride

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

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

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
1 25%
< $25
3 75%

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Report created on March 20, 2010.