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| Cardiovascular
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| Electrolytes |
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- Potassium
Chloride
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(Cena-K®; Gen-K®; K+ 10®; K+
Care®; K-Dur® 10; K-Dur® 20; K-Lease®;
K-Lor™; K-Norm®; K-Tab®; K/Lyte®/Cl;
Kaochlor®; Kaochlor® SF; Kaon-Cl-10®;
Kaon-Cl®; Kay Ciel®; Klor-Con®; Klor-Con®
10; Klor-Con® 8; Klor-Con®/25; Klorvess®;
Klotrix®; Micro-K® 10; Micro-K® 10
Extencaps®; Micro-K® LS; Potasalan®; Rum-K®;
Slow-K®; Ten-K®) |
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| Depletions |
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| Vitamin
B12
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Symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency are rare because it takes years
to develop complications associated with long-term depletion of this nutrient.
Irritability, weakness, numbness, anemia, loss of appetite, headache,
personality changes, and confusion are some of the signs and symptoms associated
with vitamin B12 depletion. Low levels of this vitamin may also be
associated with an increased risk of colon cancer, heart disease, brain
disorders, and birth defects. |
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| Supporting Research |
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Ames BN. Micronutrient deficiencies: A major cause of DNA damage. Ann NY
Acad Sci. 2000;889:87-106.
Berger W. Incidence of severe side effects during therapy with sulfonylureas
and biguanides. Horm Metab Res Suppl. 1985;15:111-115.
Carpentier JL, Bury J, Luyckx A, Lefebvre P. Vitamin B12 and folic acid serum
levels in diabetics under various therapeutic regimens. Diabetes Metab.
1976;2(4):187-190.
Covington T, ed. Nonprescription Drug Therapy Guiding Patient
Self-Care. St Louis, MO: Facts and Comparisons; 1999:467-545.
Palva IP, et al. Drug-induced malabsorption of vitamin B12. IV. Malabsorption
and deficiency of B12 during treatment with slow-release potassium chloride.
Acta Med Scand. 191:355-357, 1972. |
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| Review Date:
October 2000 |
Reviewed By:
All depletions monographs have been reviewed by a
team of experts including
Derrick M. DeSilva, Jr., MD, Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy, NJ;
Jacqueline A. Hart, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Newton-Wellesley
Hospital, Harvard University and Senior Medical Editor, A.D.A.M., Inc., Boston,
MA; John Hinze, PharmD, NMD, Woodbine, IA; Ruth Marlin, MD, Medical Director and
Director of Medical Education, Preventive Medicine Research Institute,
Sausalito, CA; Brian T Sanderoff, PD, BS in Pharmacy, Clinical Assistant
Professor, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy; President, Your
Prescription for Health, Owings Mills, MD; Leonard Wisneski, MD, FACP, George
Washington University, Rockville, MD; Ira Zunin, MD, MPH, MBA, President and
Chairman, Hawaii State Consortium for Integrative Medicine, Honolulu,
HI.
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