Potassium chloride Treatment Report
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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.
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Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 15 |
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1 | ||||
| General health | 10 |
|
1 | ||||
| Support another treatment | 9 |
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2 | |||
| low potassium levels | 6 |
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2 | |||
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Nerve pain (neuropathic pain) | 2 | 0 |
See all 45 patients currently taking Potassium chloride
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Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Potassium chloride. See all 20 dosages ►
| 550mg as needed | daily | 6 other daily | 8 mg daily | 10 daily | 10 mEq daily | 10 mg daily | 16 mg daily | 20 mEq/15 mL daily | 20 mEq daily | 20 mEq/L daily | 20 mg daily | 30 mEq daily | 40 mEq daily | 40 mEq/L daily | 50 mEq daily | 60 mEq daily | 80 mEq daily | 200 mEq/L daily | 500 mg daily | ||
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1
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5
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1
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1
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1
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7
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2
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1
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1
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7
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1
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4
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1
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4
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Course of treatment ended
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4 | 57% |
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Other
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2 | 29% |
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 14% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 14% |
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Report created on November 23, 2009.