LOW POTASSIUM treatment

What do other patients take for LOW POTASSIUM?

iGuard.org has more than 4,910 users on treatment for LOW POTASSIUM. Learn more about what medications they are taking to treat low potassium from the table below...

Commonly Used Medication Name* (Hover mouse over name to see medication class)	% of Patients	Average Risk Rating	Generic	Patient-reported Severity
Potassium	98 %		YES

*This list is NOT EXHAUSTIVE - Only drugs used by a sufficiently large number of iGuard.org users are listed.

**Medications are sometimes known by different brand/generic names, depending upon how they are packaged or used.

EXAMPLE:

98 % of iGuard.org patients that use medications for LOW POTASSIUM regularly use Potassium as part of their treatment.

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I was diagnosed with fybromyalgia in 96. My flare ups always occur in November and last up to 4 months. The symptoms are muscle cramps in my feet, tennis and golfers elbow, upper back and shoulder cramping and swollen muscles. Will B-complex and potassium supplements ease the pain and cramping? Also is my heart affected by this disease?

44 year old female
Posted: 2008-11-12 17:15:18 Rating:

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I also take potassium because of dieuretics, but have to eat sparingly of bananas (have to be almost green and potatoes because I am also diabetic. I also take flexeril which can cause gastric problems or esophageal problems when taken in conjuction with potassium. If I don't take potassium, I have low levels, cramps in legs, heart murmur and all the other problems associated with low potassium. I also take HCTZ for fluids, (cannot take any other bp meds) and take Atenolol for heart, Meloxicam for spinal arthritis and Glipizide for diabetes. Sounds like I have no choice on the matter doesn't it.

53 year old female
Posted: 2008-09-23 21:52:41 Rating:

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I have been prescribed potassium off and on for several years now (7+ years to be exact) due to a problem with my potassium levels dropping to a un-safe and sometimes even a critically low level. Several family members on my mothers side also had this same problem. No members on my fathers side ever had this problem to the best of my knowledge. My questions are as follows:
1. Is there a medical name for this particular health problem? If so what is the medical name?
2. Can this health problem be inherited?
3. What causes this health problem in certain individuals in certain families and not in other individuals with in the same families. (ie it happens on one parents side of the family but not the other parents side of the family).
4.Can certain medicines cause this/certain foods ect/ the individuals diet ect?
5. What should I do to narrow down the causes of my potassium dropping to dangerously low levels when this problem arises and all my doctors can tell me is they don't know why this happens with me, No known reason that they know of that could find for it to be a chronic condition with me. Yet it recurs fairly often and to the point I have to go to the emergancy room and sometimes even be put into the hospital for treatment via IV to raise my potassium up to a safeer level. When my potassium drops it can and has been known to drop in a matter of hours and/or as few as two to three days from it being checked by a MD from being normal and safe levels to that of dangerously low and critical levels. The pain this causes when it happens is almost unbearable. So I really would like to get some perspective on what is happening to me,what it is called, and some ideas on how to prevent it in the future or at least gain some better control with this health issue.
Thanks for any information you can give.

48 year old female
Posted: 2008-08-04 01:49:18 Rating:

Question/Comment:

I suffer with night and day cramping of thighs, calfs and feet and occasionally arms but I am hypertensive and take medicine that is potassium sparing. Any suggestions, I have been drinking tonic (diet) water in that it has quinine and potassium. Does anyone else have suggestions?

54 year old female
Posted: 2008-06-14 07:05:26 Rating:

Answer/Reply:

Bananas, potatoes, and asparagus! All good natural sources of potassium. I eat these when my leg and arm cramps get to raging! Works good for me. Try it?

53 year old female
Posted: 2008-06-24 23:08:02 Rating:

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