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| Active Ingredient | POTASSIUM CHLORIDE |
| Therapeutic Class | REPLACEMENT THERAPY |
| Indications | Patients on loop diuretics or thiazides if, they have a low p otassium diet, are on digoxin, are on steroids, have cirrhosis, have diarrhoea and their measured serum p otassium is less than 3.2 mol/li More ... |
| Caution |
Exercise care in renal failure. Nausea, vomiting,diarrhea, flatulence. c.f. prescribing in renal disease p. 35.. |
| Dose Range |
1-2 tablets daily in divided doses.i.v.20 mmol in 500 mL over 2-3 hours under ECG control; max. dose 2-3 mmol/kg of potassium in 24 hours. Take with food and fluids. |
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| Breast Feeding |