Potassium chloride is used to prevent or to treat low blood levels of potassium hypokalemia. Potassium levels can be low as a result of a disease or from taking certain medicines, or after a prolonged illness with diarrhea or vomiting.
Follow all directions on your prescription label and read all medication guides or instruction sheets. Your doctor may occasionally change your dose.
Use the medicine exactly as directed. Potassium chloride oral is taken by mouth. Potassium chloride injection is given as a slow infusion into a vein. A healthcare provider will give you this medicine by injection if you have severely low potassium levels. Tell your caregivers if you feel any burning, pain, or swelling around the IV needle when potassium chloride is injected.
Do not crush, chew, or suck on a potassium tablet or capsule. Sucking on the pill could irritate your mouth or throat. Measure liquid medicine carefully. Use the dosing syringe provided, or use a medicine dose-measuring device not a kitchen spoon. Mix the oral solution with least 4 ounces of water before taking it. You may need to follow a special diet while using potassium chloride.
Follow all instructions of your doctor or dietitian. Learn about the foods to eat or avoid to help control your condition. Call your doctor if you have trouble swallowing a potassium chloride capsule or tablet.
You may be able to dissolve the tablet in water, or mix the medicine from a capsule with soft food. Carefully follow your doctor's instructions. You may need frequent medical tests.
Even if you have no symptoms, tests can help your doctor determine if this medicine is effective. Some tablets are made with a shell that is not absorbed or melted in the body. Part of this shell may appear in your stool. This is normal and will not make the medicine less effective. Store at room temperature away from moisture, heat, and light.
Keep the medication in a closed container. Take the medicine as soon as you can, but skip the missed dose if it is almost time for your next dose. Do not take two doses at one time. Overdose symptoms may include stomach pain, vomiting, irregular heartbeats, chest pain, muscle weakness, loss of movement, numbness or tingling, or feeling light-headed. Do not use potassium supplements or other products that contain potassium, unless your doctor has told you to. Salt substitutes or low-salt foods often contain potassium.
Read the label of any food or medicine to see if it contains potassium. Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat. This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. This list is not complete. Other drugs may affect potassium chloride, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products.
Not all possible drug interactions are listed here. Remember, keep this and all other medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medication only for the indication prescribed. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided by Cerner Multum, Inc. Drug information contained herein may be time sensitive.
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The absence of a warning for a given drug or drug combination in no way should be construed to indicate that the drug or drug combination is safe, effective or appropriate for any given patient. Multum does not assume any responsibility for any aspect of healthcare administered with the aid of information Multum provides. Use the dosing syringe provided, or use a medicine dose-measuring device not a kitchen spoon. Mix the oral solution with least 4 ounces of water before taking it.
You may need to follow a special diet while using potassium chloride. Follow all instructions of your doctor or dietitian. Learn about the foods to eat or avoid to help control your condition. Call your doctor if you have trouble swallowing a potassium chloride capsule or tablet.
You may be able to dissolve the tablet in water, or mix the medicine from a capsule with soft food. Carefully follow your doctor's instructions. You may need frequent medical tests. Even if you have no symptoms, tests can help your doctor determine if this medicine is effective. Some tablets are made with a shell that is not absorbed or melted in the body. Part of this shell may appear in your stool.
This is normal and will not make the medicine less effective. Store at room temperature away from moisture, heat, and light. Keep the medication in a closed container. Take the medicine as soon as you can, but skip the missed dose if it is almost time for your next dose. Do not take two doses at one time. Overdose symptoms may include stomach pain, vomiting, irregular heartbeats, chest pain, muscle weakness, loss of movement, numbness or tingling, or feeling light-headed.
Potassium chloride in extended-release form tablets or capsules is released slowly in the body over several hours to lessen the risk of stomach irritation. It also comes in oral liquid, powder, granules, effervescent tablets, and regular tablets. Your dosage will depend on your medical condition, your age, the formulation you use, and other factors.
Health Topics. Health Tools. Potassium Chloride Kato. Reviewed: January 18, You should not use potassium chloride if you are allergic to it, or if: you have high levels of potassium in your blood hyperkalemia ; or you take a "potassium-sparing" diuretic water pill such as amiloride, spironolactone, or triamterene.
Tell your doctor if you have ever had: heart problems; high blood pressure; liver or kidney disease; a large tissue injury such as a severe burn; an electrolyte imbalance such as low levels of calcium or magnesium in your blood ; trouble swallowing; slow digestion; stomach bleeding, an ulcer, or a blockage in your stomach or intestines; an adrenal gland disorder; diabetes; or severe dehydration.
Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Side Effects. Stop using potassium chloride and call your doctor at once if you have: severe throat irritation; chest pain, trouble breathing; pain, burning, bruising, swelling, irritation, or skin changes where the medicine was injected; stomach bloating, severe vomiting, severe stomach pain; high potassium level --nausea, weakness, tingly feeling, chest pain, irregular heartbeats, loss of movement; or signs of stomach bleeding --bloody or tarry stools, coughing up blood or vomit that looks like coffee grounds.
Common side effects may include: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea; gas, stomach pain; or the appearance of a potassium chloride tablet in your stool. Take oral potassium chloride with food if the medicine upsets your stomach. Always follow directions on the medicine label about giving this medicine to a child.
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