Generic Name: Potassium ions Potassium Do not use  severe throat

Potassium  participate in a chloride is used to potassium chloride irritation;

Chloride number of prevent or to treat if you are allergic  chest pain,
essential low blood levels to it, or if: you trouble Mix or dissolve oral
Brand Name: physiological of potassium have high levels of breathing; liquids, soluble powders,
Klotrix processes, (hypokalemia). potassium in your  pain, and effervescent tablets
including the Potassium levels blood burning, completely in 3–8 oz of
Classification: maintenance of can be low as a (hyperkalemia); or. bruising, cold water, juice, or
 electrolytes intracellular result of a disease you take a swelling, other suitable beverage,
tonicity; the or from taking "potassium- irritation, or and have patient drink it
transmission of certain medicines, sparing" diuretic skin changes slowly.
Dosage:
600  mg  1  tab nerve impulses; or after a (water pill) such as where the
the contraction prolonged illness amiloride, medicine
Frequency: of cardiac, with diarrhea or spironolactone, or was  Arrange for
PO  TID skeletal, and vomiting. triamterene injected; further dilution
smooth muscle;  stomach or dose reduction
Route: and the bloating, if GI effects are
Oral Route maintenance of severe severe.
normal renal vomiting,  Agitate prepared
function. severe IV solution to
stomach prevent
pain; “layering” of
 high potassium; do
potassium not add
level-- potassium to an
nausea, IV bottle in the
weakness, hanging position.
tingly  Monitor IV
feeling, injection sites
chest pain, regularly for
irregular
 heartbeats, necrosis, tissue
loss of sloughing,
movement; phlebitis.
or  Monitor cardiac
 signs of rhythm carefully
stomach during IV
bleeding-- administration.
bloody or  Caution patient
tarry stools, that expended
coughing up wax matrix
blood or capsules will be
vomit that found in the
looks like stool.
coffee  Caution patient
grounds. not to use salt
substitutes