Potassium Treatment Report
See also: Mineral Supplements
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.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General health | 15 |
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2 | |||
| Cramps, calf muscles | 13 |
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1 | ||||
| Other | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 8 |
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1 | ||||
| Support another treatment | 7 |
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1 | ||||
| Muscle cramps | 7 |
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2 |
See all 63 patients currently taking Potassium
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Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Potassium. See all 31 dosages ►
| 10mEq/L as needed | 20mg as needed | as needed | daily | 2 other weekly | 1 mEq/L daily | 1 mg daily | 1 other daily | 2 other daily | 3 mEq/L daily | 8 mcg daily | 10 mg daily | 20 mEq/L daily | 20 mg daily | 40 mcg daily | 40 mg daily | 50 mg daily | 60 mEq/L daily | 90 mg daily | 99 mg daily | 198 mg daily | 200 mg daily | 250 mg daily | 300 mg daily | 400 mg daily | 500 mg daily | 550 mg daily | 595 mg daily | 600 mg daily | 750 mg daily | 1000 mg daily | ||
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1
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1
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9
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1
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3
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1
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1
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2
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2
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3
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1
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1
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2
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1
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3
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8
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2
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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5
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3
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1
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other
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3 | 43% |
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 14% |
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Expense
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1 | 14% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 14% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Patient Evaluations
See all 7 patient evaluations
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- Ern
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Severe
- Cognition: severe
- Vision: severe
- Speech: severe
- Swallowing: severe
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- Ern
- 99 mg daily
- since Jul 14, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Muscle cramps
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Since taking, night time jumping out of bed to stretch cramped calf, back and arm muscles have lessened. Also the girdle feeling around my chest has dampene... See full evaluation
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- jmscout
- Sex: F
- Sensation: None
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- jmscout
- 90 mg daily
- since Sep 17, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Stiffness/Spasticity
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Too much potassium is not good for your heart. Have a dr check your levels. See full evaluation
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- wysiwyg
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- wysiwyg
- 1 other daily
- since Jan 19, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for General health
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 7 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.