Be sure to let the doctor know if your child has any allergies or reactions to drugs, food preservatives, or dyes. Make sure to tell about the allergy and what signs your child had. Potassium citrate is rapidly absorbed when given by mouth and is excreted in the urine as the carbonate. Potassium citrate is an effective way to treat/manage gout and arrhythmia, if the patient is hypokalemic. Potassium citrate is usually administered by mouth in dilute aqueous solution.
To be sure this medication is helping your condition, your blood may need to be tested often. Your heart rate may also be checked using an electrocardiograph or ECG to measure electrical activity of the heart. Do not stop taking potassium citrate without first talking to your doctor. If you stop taking potassium suddenly, your condition may become worse.
Potassium Citrate is used in pharmaceutical preparations, buffer solutions in food preparation and as a salt substitute. Manufactured by the action of citric acid on potassium carbonate. Often used in medicine as an antacid or a buffer in foods. Potassium has a role in controlling the activity of the heart, muscles and nervous system.
Potassium is an important macromineral, required by the body in relatively large amount. Potassium Citrate is a hypoallergenic source of potassium, with good bioavailability. This nutrient is of the highest quality and purity obtainable, free of all common allergens (antigens), and does not contain preservatives, diluents, or artificial food additives.
Other food additives: Green tea extract Ascorbic Acid
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