Dosage form: Sugar-coated tablet
Recommended route of administration: Oral
Recommended dose: Adults: Take 2-6 tablets, once a day
Recommended use or purpose: Treatment of potassium depletion in patients with hypokalemia and metabolic alkalosis. Helps to prevent potassium deficiency due to low dietary intake. Helps to prevent potassium deficiency (hypokalemia) not resulting from a dietary deficiency.
Cautions and Warnings To be taken only on the advice of a physician. Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you have a kidney or heart condition. Do not use if you have adrenal insufficiency or uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. Do not use if you are taking medications which increase serum potassium such as potassium-sparing diuretics or angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. Do not use with other potassium-containing supplements or with potassium-containing salt-substitutes. Do not use if you have a gastrointestinal ulceration or obstruction. Do not use if you have trouble swallowing (dysphagia) or if you are at a high risk for potassium chloride-induced gastric lesions (e.g. due to recent gastric surgery). Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Discontinue use and consult a health care practitioner immediately if you experience numbness of the extremities, muscle weakness, paralysis, cardiac arrhythmias, low blood pressure, or confusion.