Stick With Extended-Release Potassium Chloride Tabs or Caps for Most Patients

April 2016

Questions often come up about how to pick an oral potassium chloride product.

Potassium chloride is usually the go-to potassium salt...since it corrects or prevents hypokalemia AND chloride loss from diuretics.

But the plethora of options makes selection tricky.

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Table of Contents

Gastroenterology Help Patients Taper Off Unnecessary PPIs
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Insulin Save U-500 Insulin For Patients Who Use Over 200 Units of Insulin Daily
Insulin Advise Rotating Insulin Pump Infusion Sites To Avoid Infection
Stroke Consider Pioglitazone for Patients with Prediabetes and Prior Stroke
Hepatitis C Watch Statin Doses With New Hepatitis C Med Zepatier
Respiratory & Allergy Explain That Nasal Steroids Work Best for Allergic Rhinitis
Diabetes Don't Get Hung Up on Which BP Med to Start First in Most Diabetes Patients
Opioids Start Low and Go Slow if Patients Switch to Methadone
Supplements Stick With Extended-Release Potassium Chloride Tabs or Caps for Most Patients
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