Potassium Chloride vs Potassium Citrate Potassium Chloride vs. Potassium Citrate: What’s the Best Potassium Supplement? Written by Ross Phan, PharmD, BCACP, BCGP, BCPS | Reviewed by Patricia Pinto-Garcia, MD, MPH Updated on May 16, 2024 Key takeaways: Potassium chloride and potassium citrate are both potassium supplements, but they’re not the same. The best potassium supplement depends on the reason you need to take a potassium supplement. Potassium chloride is used to treat or prevent hypokalemia (low potassium levels). Potassium citrate is used to treat or prevent certain types of kidney stones.
There is a ton of contradictory stuff out there regarding specific vitamins causing/preventing stones. In the spirit of my "When I buy stuff it ends up being bad for me" issues, I just upped my Vitamin C to 1,000 mg and purchased a supply of NOW capsules. Guess what I just read...take no more than 500mg/day if you have stones. And capsules cannot be divided in half. *sigh* At least Vitamin C is not expensive.
Yup. For me, the ones that I have taken every day that I have quit are: -Wheat/bran cereal -Blueberries -Blackberries -Morning chicory in my coffee -Evening chicory drink with cacao powder added Those last 2 have got to be the worse, because the oxalate is dissolved in solution. That being said, it's been 20 years since I've had a stone. But the wheat cereal was a recent addition I introduced to change up from oat squares. I started the chicory drinks 18 months ago, but instantly made them a large part of my daily diet. I thought chicory and cacao would be good for me...
Yes so much contradictions, some one led me to Amla yrs ago and it's a tad more powerful than Vit C....check out the difference.....I take more Amla lately.
Maybe just too much frigging info that we don't need to know and to realize how bodeis are so unique from each. And that a lot is hereditary. But I do think it's smart to reduce RED MEAT intake.
Today I got a letter from Univ of VA Health Systems informing me that my nephrologist is no longer with them. I liked the guy, even though there was no follow-up when he would have labs run. There is no word as to who my care was being handed off to.
Yup. He was a GP from Minnesota (originally Uganda) that UVA recruited to become a nephrologist. I know they had him running all over the place, from clinic to clinic. And he told me he did not like having his scope narrowed to a single organ. Given all that, and given the UVA doctors I've encountered who remain on staff, I assume his departure was his choice.
When I was sick after my fall, the nephrologist I dealt with didn't want to look at anything other than my kidney function. When the kidneys righted themselves, he was ready to discharge me that day, even though I was still very sick. Only the hospitalist internist kept me in until I could function somewhat.