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Potassium is a required mineral and electrolyte in the body that acts as a cation. Take in potassium as pa… More
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Summary: Potassium gluconate is typically used as a prescription medication to treat low blood levels of potassium, which is caused by other medications, severe trauma or drastic blood loss. Use caution when taking potassium gluconate, as an overdose could be lethal, with healthy advice from a registered and licensed dietitian in this free video on nutrition.
Christine E. Marquette is a registered and licensed dietitian with the Austin Regional Clinic in Austin, Texas. She conducts nutrition therapy for people ages 2 and up for all dietary...read more
"My name is Christine Marquette and I'm a registered and licensed dietitian and I'm going to talk to you about what potassium gluconate does. This is actually used, typically as a prescription medication to treat people who have low blood levels of potassium. There could be a variety of reasons for somebody to develop low levels of potassium, say for example, they're taking a diuretic for a high blood pressure, and it causes their body to actually leech potassium. There are several different diuretics that can cause this problem, so in that case, their doctor may prescribe potassium gluconate. There are a couple of other issues that may be going on in the body that will cause low levels of potassium. Somebody may have experienced severe trauma to their body, a lot of burns, or they have may...they may have lost a lot of blood if they were in some type of car accident. At that point, they may temporarily also need potassium gluconate to replenish their potassium stores. The thing to keep in mind is that this isn't something that you would use just on your own. It can be potentially lethal if you do take an overdose. It can actually cause you to have a heart attack. So potassium gluconate is something that should only be used under the advice of a physician to treat low levels of potassium. Typically, it's only going to be used short term unless you are taking a medication that is constantly causing you low blood levels of potassium, at which point you would have to take potassium gluconate on a regular basis."
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