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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

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken
# of patients Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
Low potassium 4 0
Other 4 1
Support another treatment 3 1
Parkinson's Disease PD 1 0
Don't know 1 0
Heart attack 1 0

See all 11 patients currently taking Potassium chloride

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 50%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 50%

Most commonly reported side effects

better mood and fatigue management
1 100%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  10mg as needed 10 mEq weekly 8 mEq daily 10 mEq daily 10 mg daily 16 mEq daily 20 mEq daily 180 mEq daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Potassium chloride (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended
3 75% Course of treatment ended: 75%
Doctor's advice
1 25% Doctor's advice: 25%
Side effects too severe
1 25% Side effects too severe: 25%

See all 4 patients 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
0
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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
2 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
2 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$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 March 21, 2010.