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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

65 patients in the community are taking or have taken Potassium.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
General health 23 35%
Other 18 27%
Slow my ALS progress 5 7%
Stiffness/spasticity 4 6%
Cramps 2 3%
Support another treatment 2 3%
Treat Parkinson's 2 3%
Cramps, calf muscles 2 3%
disease-related symptoms 1 1%
Fasciculations 1 1%
Bladder problems 1 1%
Tremors 1 1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Potassium.

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  0 mg day 1 mg day 10 mEq/L day 10 mg day 20 mEq/L day 20 mg day 40 mg day 50 mg day 90 mg day 99 mg day 120 mg day 123 mg day 198 mg day 200 mg day 300 mg day 545 mg day 550 mg day 595 mg day 600 mg day 750 mg day 800 mg day
  14 Number of Patients: 14 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Potassium or how long patients were taking Potassium before stopping.

Currently taking Potassium

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
7
5
9
4
15

Stopped taking Potassium

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
3
1
3
2
Why Patients Stopped Taking Potassium (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 2 22% Did not seem to work: 22%
Personal research 2 22% Personal research: 22%
Course of treatment ended 2 22% Course of treatment ended: 22%
Not indicated 2 22% Not indicated: 22%
Doctor's advice 1 11% Doctor's advice: 11%
Other 1 11% Other: 11%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 2 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 100% 1

Insomnia

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 2

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 2 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 2)

  • jmscout
    Sensation: None
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: none
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • jmscout
  • by jmscout
    Sep 17, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Stiffness/spasticity
Advice/Tips
Too much potassium is not good for your heart. Have a dr check your levels.

See all evaluation results for Potassium



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