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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Low potassium (hypokalemia) 93 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 25 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 21 2 Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Increase effect of another treatment 16 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Stiffness/Spasticity 7 0
edema/replacement when taking water pills 6 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 235 patients currently taking Potassium chloride

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 2
Mild
 4
None
 26

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

Shortness of breath (dyspnea) 1
Diarrhea 1
Lightheadedness 1
Water retention 1
Chest tightness 1
Gastrointestinal discomfort 1
See all 8 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Potassium chloride. See all 48 dosages ►

  8 mEq daily 10 mEq daily 10 mg daily 16 mEq daily 20 mEq/15 mL daily 20 mEq daily 30 mEq daily 40 mEq daily 60 mEq daily 80 mEq daily
  12 Number of Patients: 12 42 Number of Patients: 42 4 Number of Patients: 4 4 Number of Patients: 4 4 Number of Patients: 4 68 Number of Patients: 68 4 Number of Patients: 4 26 Number of Patients: 26 6 Number of Patients: 6 6 Number of Patients: 6  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Potassium chloride (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 15   Course of treatment ended: 48%
Doctor's advice 6   Doctor's advice: 19%
Other 5   Other: 16%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 6%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 6%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 3%
Expense 1   Expense: 3%

See all 30 patients who’ve stopped taking Potassium chloride

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

Currently Taking Potassium chloride

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Potassium chloride

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Potassium chloride

Always
 23 72%
Usually
 6 19%
Sometimes
 2 6%
Never
 1 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Potassium chloride

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 5 16%
A little
 4 13%
Not at all
 23 72%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Potassium chloride

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 2 9%
$25-49
 1 4%
< $25
 20 87%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.