Capsera- Generic name
- Potassium Chloride
- Class
- Potassium supplement (electrolyte)
- Mechanism
- Replaces potassium, the principal intracellular cation, needed for tonicity, nerve impulse transmission, muscle contraction and renal function.
- Used for
- Treatment or prevention of hypokalemia when dietary potassium or reduction of the diuretic dose is insufficient
- Common side effects
- Nausea; Vomiting; Flatulence; Abdominal pain; Diarrhea
- Warnings
- GI ulcerative and stenotic lesions; Concomitant triamterene or amiloride
- Interactions
- Triamterene, amiloride; RAAS inhibitors (ACE inhibitors, ARBs); NSAIDs
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