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What is Potassium Gluconate?

Potassium gluconate is an electrolyte supplement used for the treatment or prevention of hypokalemia.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 8 1 Efficacy_slight
Muscle spasms 5 0
Increase effect of another treatment 2 0
Low potassium (hypokalemia) 2 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Muscle and joint pain 1 0
Chronic sinusitis 1 0

See all 19 patients currently taking Potassium Gluconate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 3

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

Nasal congestion 1
Hospitalization 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Potassium Gluconate. See all 11 dosages ►

  3 x 20 mEq/15 mL all the time (24/7) 550 mg as needed 1 other daily 20 mEq/15 mL daily 4 x 20 mEq/15 mL daily 99 mg daily 500 mg daily 550 mg daily 27.5 x 20 mEq/15 mL daily 595 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Potassium Gluconate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 3   Other: 50%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 33%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 33%
Expense 1   Expense: 17%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped taking Potassium Gluconate

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

Currently Taking Potassium Gluconate

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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

Stopped Taking Potassium Gluconate

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Potassium Gluconate

Always
 2 67%
Usually
 1 33%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Potassium Gluconate

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 3 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Potassium Gluconate

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

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Report created on May 26, 2012.