Is myopathy a side effect of POTASSIUM CHLORIDE ? ( FactMed.com )

About this FactMed analysis covering adverse side effect reports of POTASSIUM CHLORIDE patients who developed myopathy.

FactMed provides MD-approved analysis to help both patients, researchers, and physicians accurately assess the risk profile for more than 20,000 different pharmaceutical products. The below report offers compiled information from Food & Drug Administration and FactMed user submissions. Between January 2004 and October 2012, 96 individuals taking POTASSIUM CHLORIDE reported myopathy to the FDA. A total of 30215 POTASSIUM CHLORIDE drug adverse event reaction reports were made with the FDA during this time period. Often the FDA only receives reports of the most critical and severe cases; these numbers may therefore underrepresent the complication rate of the medication.

FDA Research Report

Introduction This page is designed to help you determine the relationship, if any, between POTASSIUM CHLORIDE and myopathy. In doing so, we compare POTASSIUM CHLORIDE with other drugs that cause myopathy, to help you evaluate whether or not POTASSIUM CHLORIDE causes myopathy. Likewise, this page shows the most highly-reported side effects of POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, so you can see if myopathy ranks among POTASSIUM CHLORIDE's most well-known side effects.

Summary Statistics
Reports of POTASSIUM CHLORIDE causing myopathy: 96
Reports of any side effect of POTASSIUM CHLORIDE : 30215
Percentage of POTASSIUM CHLORIDE patients where myopathy is a reported side effect: 0.3177%

FDA reports of any drug causing myopathy : 3605
Average percentage for all medicated patients where myopathy is reported as a complication: 0.0226%

Physician opinion on POTASSIUM CHLORIDE as adverse event culprit:

Overall opinion for all reports of this drug:

Most frequent diagnoses/indications for prescribing POTASSIUM CHLORIDE:

DRUG USE FOR UNKNOWN INDICATION ( 1793 patients )
PRODUCT USED FOR UNKNOWN INDICATION ( 1165 patients )
HYPOKALAEMIA ( 755 patients )
MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION ( 534 patients )
BLOOD POTASSIUM DECREASED ( 284 patients )
SUPPLEMENTATION THERAPY ( 265 patients )
PROPHYLAXIS ( 249 patients )
ELECTROLYTE SUBSTITUTION THERAPY ( 239 patients )
HYPERTENSION ( 143 patients )
CARDIAC DISORDER ( 69 patients )
MEDICAL DIET ( 67 patients )
BLOOD POTASSIUM ( 48 patients )
NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT ( 41 patients )
ILL-DEFINED DISORDER ( 38 patients )
MUSCLE SPASMS ( 37 patients )
CARDIAC FAILURE CONGESTIVE ( 34 patients )
ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE ( 34 patients )
VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION ( 32 patients )
DEHYDRATION ( 32 patients )
FLUID REPLACEMENT ( 26 patients )
DIURETIC THERAPY ( 25 patients )
FLUID RETENTION ( 24 patients )
OEDEMA ( 24 patients )
BLOOD POTASSIUM ABNORMAL ( 20 patients )
ROUTINE HEALTH MAINTENANCE ( 18 patients )
DIARRHOEA ( 17 patients )
PREMEDICATION ( 16 patients )
BLOOD PRESSURE ( 15 patients )
UNEVALUABLE EVENT ( 14 patients )
CARDIAC FAILURE ( 10 patients )
SUBSTITUTION THERAPY ( 9 patients )
OEDEMA PERIPHERAL ( 9 patients )
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE ( 9 patients )
PAIN ( 8 patients )
DRUG THERAPY ( 8 patients )
HYPONATRAEMIA ( 7 patients )
CROHN'S DISEASE ( 7 patients )
SWELLING ( 7 patients )
BARTTER'S SYNDROME ( 6 patients )
PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ( 6 patients )
RENAL FAILURE ( 6 patients )
VOMITING ( 6 patients )
HYPERKALAEMIA ( 6 patients )
ARRHYTHMIA ( 6 patients )
CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT PROPHYLAXIS ( 6 patients )
LYMPHATIC DISORDER ( 5 patients )
PARENTERAL NUTRITION ( 5 patients )
METABOLIC DISORDER ( 5 patients )
DECREASED APPETITE ( 4 patients )
HYPOCALCAEMIA ( 4 patients )
DIALYSIS ( 4 patients )
ARTHRITIS ( 4 patients )
PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION ( 4 patients )
SUICIDE ATTEMPT ( 3 patients )
SUPPORTIVE CARE ( 3 patients )
INTENSIVE CARE ( 3 patients )
MEDICATION ERROR ( 3 patients )
SURGERY ( 3 patients )
COLONOSCOPY ( 3 patients )
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ( 3 patients )
CARDIAC FAILURE CHRONIC ( 3 patients )
NEPHROPATHY ( 3 patients )
RENAL FAILURE CHRONIC ( 3 patients )
ABORTION INDUCED ( 3 patients )
POLYURIA ( 3 patients )
HYPOKALAEMIC SYNDROME ( 2 patients )
MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME ( 2 patients )
PSEUDOMYXOMA PERITONEI ( 2 patients )
MYOCARDIAL ISCHAEMIA ( 2 patients )
CONGENITAL CYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE ( 2 patients )
PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HAEMOGLOBINURIA ( 2 patients )
POEMS SYNDROME ( 2 patients )
RENAL IMPAIRMENT ( 2 patients )
HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS ( 2 patients )
POST GASTRIC SURGERY SYNDROME ( 2 patients )
CARDIAC VALVE DISEASE ( 2 patients )
INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION ( 2 patients )
CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDER ( 2 patients )
THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURE ( 2 patients )
ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION ( 2 patients )
OSTEOARTHRITIS ( 2 patients )
BLOOD PRESSURE INCREASED ( 2 patients )
TORSADE DE POINTES ( 2 patients )
FLUID INTAKE RESTRICTION ( 2 patients )
BRONCHITIS ( 2 patients )
HYPOTENSION ( 2 patients )
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION ( 2 patients )
UNEVALUABLE INVESTIGATION ( 2 patients )
PNEUMONIA ( 2 patients )
EATING DISORDER ( 2 patients )
SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA ( 2 patients )
CARDIAC OPERATION ( 2 patients )
INTENTIONAL OVERDOSE ( 2 patients )
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION ( 2 patients )
CARDIOMYOPATHY ( 2 patients )
BLOOD POTASSIUM NORMAL ( 2 patients )
ISCHAEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY ( 2 patients )
DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS ( 2 patients )
EYE LASER SURGERY ( 2 patients )
BLOOD SODIUM DECREASED ( 1 patients )
MUSCLE DISORDER ( 1 patients )
PROPHYLAXIS AGAINST DEHYDRATION ( 1 patients )
TOXICITY TO VARIOUS AGENTS ( 1 patients )
CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKAEMIA ( 1 patients )
LIDDLE'S SYNDROME ( 1 patients )
PALPITATIONS ( 1 patients )
SINUS TACHYCARDIA ( 1 patients )
ASTHENIA ( 1 patients )
BONE DISORDER ( 1 patients )
DRUG EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY ( 1 patients )
HYPOPHAGIA ( 1 patients )
COMPLETED SUICIDE ( 1 patients )
FOETAL THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURE ( 1 patients )
MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY ( 1 patients )
PARALYSIS ( 1 patients )
CACHEXIA ( 1 patients )
DRUG TOXICITY PROPHYLAXIS ( 1 patients )
VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY ( 1 patients )
BLADDER DISORDER ( 1 patients )
GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDER ( 1 patients )
MALAISE ( 1 patients )
DRY SKIN ( 1 patients )
IMPAIRED GASTRIC EMPTYING ( 1 patients )
NEPHROLITHIASIS ( 1 patients )
VITAMIN K ( 1 patients )
ABDOMINAL PAIN UPPER ( 1 patients )
BLOOD PHOSPHORUS DECREASED ( 1 patients )
CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS ( 1 patients )
HAEMORRHAGE ( 1 patients )
MATERNAL EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY ( 1 patients )
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM ABNORMAL ( 1 patients )
NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME ( 1 patients )
ACCIDENTAL EXPOSURE ( 1 patients )
CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY ( 1 patients )
OBESITY ( 1 patients )
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ( 1 patients )
ADJUVANT THERAPY ( 1 patients )
BLOOD POTASSIUM INCREASED ( 1 patients )
METABOLIC ACIDOSIS ( 1 patients )
SYNCOPE ( 1 patients )
ENDOCARDITIS ( 1 patients )
INTRAVENOUS CATHETER MANAGEMENT ( 1 patients )
SARCOIDOSIS ( 1 patients )
ALKALOSIS ( 1 patients )
DIABETES MELLITUS ( 1 patients )
METASTASES TO BONE ( 1 patients )
PROCTOCOLECTOMY ( 1 patients )
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME ( 1 patients )
JOINT ARTHROPLASTY ( 1 patients )
SEPTIC SHOCK ( 1 patients )
MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE ( 1 patients )
CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA ( 1 patients )
LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN B-27 POSITIVE ( 1 patients )
SINUS BRADYCARDIA ( 1 patients )
BLOOD TRIGLYCERIDES ( 1 patients )
PROPHYLAXIS AGAINST GASTROINTESTINAL ULCER ( 1 patients )
TREMOR ( 1 patients )
PANCREATIC CARCINOMA METASTATIC ( 1 patients )
SMALL INTESTINAL RESECTION ( 1 patients )
BIPOLAR DISORDER ( 1 patients )
CONDITION AGGRAVATED ( 1 patients )
FREQUENT BOWEL MOVEMENTS ( 1 patients )
MALABSORPTION ( 1 patients )
SUICIDAL IDEATION ( 1 patients )
IMMOBILE ( 1 patients )
NAUSEA ( 1 patients )
RENAL DISORDER ( 1 patients )
VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION ( 1 patients )
ABDOMINAL PAIN ( 1 patients )
BLOOD CALCIUM ( 1 patients )
CONSTIPATION ( 1 patients )
GASTROOESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE ( 1 patients )
MALNUTRITION ( 1 patients )
INFUSION ( 1 patients )
HEART TRANSPLANT ( 1 patients )
RENAL TUBULAR DISORDER ( 1 patients )
WRONG DRUG ADMINISTERED ( 1 patients )
HYPERALDOSTERONISM ( 1 patients )
MENIERE'S DISEASE ( 1 patients )
POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA ( 1 patients )
EMBOLISM ( 1 patients )
INTESTINAL RESECTION ( 1 patients )
ADRENAL NEOPLASM ( 1 patients )
PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM ( 1 patients )
TEMPORAL ARTERITIS ( 1 patients )
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION ( 1 patients )
OESOPHAGITIS ( 1 patients )
SCIATICA ( 1 patients )
ANAEMIA ( 1 patients )
BLOOD PRESSURE ABNORMAL ( 1 patients )
HYPOGLYCAEMIA ( 1 patients )
THROMBOCYTOPENIA ( 1 patients )
CHEST PAIN ( 1 patients )
JUVENILE ARTHRITIS ( 1 patients )
OSTEOPENIA ( 1 patients )
SHORT-BOWEL SYNDROME ( 1 patients )
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS CORONARY ARTERY ( 1 patients )
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Drugs with high FDA adverse event association with myopathy:

LIPITOR (517 patients)
ZOCOR (480 patients)
ASPIRIN (474 patients)
SIMVASTATIN (410 patients)
FOSAMAX (309 patients)
PREDNISONE (241 patients)
CRESTOR (239 patients)
ZOMETA (201 patients)
PREDNISOLONE (199 patients)
LASIX (177 patients)
FUROSEMIDE (162 patients)
ZETIA (153 patients)
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE (144 patients)
PREDNISONE TAB (139 patients)
LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM (138 patients)
VIOXX (130 patients)
ALLOPURINOL (125 patients)
DEXAMETHASONE (124 patients)
INSULIN (120 patients)
COUMADIN (118 patients)
CYCLOSPORINE (113 patients)
ATENOLOL (112 patients)
ATORVASTATIN CALCIUM (110 patients)
NORVASC (108 patients)
CLARITHROMYCIN (107 patients)
AMBIEN (104 patients)
MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL (103 patients)
LISINOPRIL (99 patients)
NOROXIN (98 patients)
DECADRON (97 patients)
OMEPRAZOLE (97 patients)
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE (96 patients)
SORAFENIB (RAF KINASE INHIBITOR) (95 patients)
GABAPENTIN (94 patients)
SYNTHROID (94 patients)
LAMIVUDINE (90 patients)
AMLODIPINE (90 patients)
RAMIPRIL (89 patients)
NEXIUM (88 patients)
PRILOSEC (87 patients)
METHYLPREDNISOLONE (85 patients)
WARFARIN SODIUM (83 patients)
ZIDOVUDINE (82 patients)
ALBUTEROL (82 patients)
LANSOPRAZOLE (80 patients)
MEK INHIBITOR (DIHYDROXYPROP-DIFLU-METHOXYPHEN-CYCLOPROPA-SULFAMI) (80 patients)
PROTONIX (79 patients)
ACETAMINOPHEN (77 patients)
FOLIC ACID (77 patients)
MULTI-VITAMINS (75 patients)
XANAX (75 patients)
COZAAR (73 patients)
NEURONTIN (73 patients)
REMICADE (71 patients)
REVLIMID (69 patients)
HUMIRA (68 patients)
AMIODARONE HCL (67 patients)
FLONASE (65 patients)
CELEXA (64 patients)
FERROUS SULFATE TAB (64 patients)
ATORVASTATIN (64 patients)
AMLODIPINE BESYLATE (64 patients)
SPIRONOLACTONE (63 patients)
MAGNEVIST (62 patients)
VYTORIN (62 patients)
ZOLOFT (61 patients)
PEPCID (60 patients)
PROGRAF (60 patients)
CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE (59 patients)
VICODIN (59 patients)
ADVAIR DISKUS 100/50 (59 patients)
ULTRAVIST 150 (59 patients)
PLAVIX (59 patients)
METHOTREXATE (58 patients)
COLCHICINE (58 patients)
AREDIA (57 patients)
OXYCONTIN (57 patients)
LYRICA (57 patients)
DIDANOSINE (56 patients)
ENALAPRIL MALEATE (55 patients)
HEPARIN SODIUM INJECTION (55 patients)
TAMOXIFEN CITRATE (55 patients)
ACYCLOVIR (52 patients)
FENOFIBRATE (52 patients)
PRAVASTATIN (52 patients)
CLONAZEPAM (51 patients)
ITRACONAZOLE (51 patients)
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE (51 patients)
DIGOXIN (49 patients)
SEBIVO (49 patients)
TOPROL-XL (49 patients)
LORAZEPAM (48 patients)
DILTIAZEM (48 patients)
LORTAB (48 patients)
ELAVIL (47 patients)
DIFLUCAN (47 patients)
METOPROLOL TARTRATE (46 patients)
ATIVAN (46 patients)
VELCADE (45 patients)
ALENDRONATE SODIUM (45 patients)
VITAMIN D (45 patients)
KLOR-CON (45 patients)
PRAVACHOL (45 patients)
WELLBUTRIN (44 patients)
TRICOR (44 patients)
DARVOCET-N 100 (44 patients)
PERCOCET (44 patients)
RAPAMUNE (43 patients)
ASCORBIC ACID (43 patients)
LEVAQUIN (43 patients)
AROMASIN (43 patients)
DIAZEPAM (43 patients)
ZANTAC (43 patients)
GEMFIBROZIL (41 patients)
CELEBREX (41 patients)
OXYCODONE HCL (41 patients)
ABACAVIR (40 patients)
LEXAPRO (40 patients)
NIFEDIPINE (40 patients)
RADIATION THERAPY (39 patients)
ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID SRT (39 patients)
ACIPHEX (39 patients)
METFORMIN HCL (39 patients)
IRON (39 patients)
ALTACE (39 patients)
TACROLIMUS (38 patients)
EFAVIRENZ (38 patients)
ZYPREXA (38 patients)
ZYRTEC (38 patients)
LESCOL (37 patients)
[THERAPY UNSPECIFIED] (37 patients)
METOPROLOL (37 patients)
GLEEVEC (37 patients)
PANTOPRAZOLE SODIUM (36 patients)
FOSAMAX PLUS D (36 patients)
PROPRANOLOL HYDROCHLORIDE (36 patients)
EFFEXOR (36 patients)
AMIODARONE (36 patients)
CEFTRIAXONE (36 patients)
HERCEPTIN (35 patients)
THALIDOMIDE (35 patients)
FUSIDIC ACID (35 patients)
SINGULAIR (35 patients)
IBUPROFEN (35 patients)
SPIRIVA (35 patients)
LOSARTAN POTASSIUM (35 patients)
VANCOMYCIN (35 patients)
WARFARIN (34 patients)
PERIDEX (34 patients)
BISOPROLOL (34 patients)
HYZAAR (34 patients)
SIROLIMUS (34 patients)
SOLU-MEDROL (34 patients)
ALPRAZOLAM (34 patients)
CO-TRIMOXAZOLE (34 patients)
AMITRIPTYLINE HCL (34 patients)
COREG (34 patients)
VITAMINS (UNSPECIFIED) (33 patients)
ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID (33 patients)
AZATHIOPRINE (33 patients)
ZOFRAN (33 patients)
CALTRATE +D (33 patients)
PROTEINASE INHIBITORS (33 patients)
CARTIA /USA/ (33 patients)
NIASPAN (33 patients)
PANTOPRAZOLE (33 patients)
MEGESTROL ACETATE (32 patients)
COMPAZINE (32 patients)
ADENOSINE (32 patients)
ALDACTONE (32 patients)
LANTUS (32 patients)
GASMOTIN (32 patients)
PROZAC (32 patients)
ARIMIDEX (31 patients)
AVELOX (31 patients)
FENTANYL (31 patients)
CALCIUM (UNSPECIFIED) (31 patients)
PAXIL (31 patients)
GLIPIZIDE (31 patients)
FLUCONAZOLE (31 patients)
ARANESP (31 patients)
CLARITIN (31 patients)
DILAUDID (31 patients)
NEUPOGEN (31 patients)
AVANDIA (31 patients)
B12 ^RECIP^ (30 patients)
K-DUR (30 patients)
CALCIUM CARBONATE (30 patients)
CELLCEPT (30 patients)
METFORMIN (30 patients)
CLOPIDOGREL (30 patients)
TRAMADOL HCL (30 patients)
REQUIP (29 patients)
CARVEDILOL (29 patients)
GLUCOPHAGE (29 patients)
FLOMAX (29 patients)
ZESTRIL (29 patients)
MIRTAZAPINE (29 patients)
TIAZAC (29 patients)
CAPECITABINE (29 patients)
KETEK (29 patients)
NICORANDIL (29 patients)
VERAPAMIL (29 patients)
CYMBALTA (28 patients)
RALTEGRAVIR (28 patients)
LOVASTATIN (28 patients)
CALCIUM (28 patients)
ACTOS (28 patients)
MICARDIS (28 patients)
DILTIAZEM HYDROCHLORIDE (28 patients)

Most common side effects for patients taking POTASSIUM CHLORIDE:

DYSPNOEA (3130 patients)
NAUSEA (2880 patients)
PAIN (2483 patients)
ASTHENIA (2287 patients)
DIARRHOEA (2229 patients)
FATIGUE (2074 patients)
VOMITING (2061 patients)
CARDIAC FAILURE CONGESTIVE (2022 patients)
PNEUMONIA (1995 patients)
OEDEMA PERIPHERAL (1912 patients)
ANAEMIA (1873 patients)
ANXIETY (1839 patients)
FALL (1780 patients)
HYPOTENSION (1734 patients)
DIZZINESS (1714 patients)
PYREXIA (1630 patients)
RENAL FAILURE (1564 patients)
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (1459 patients)
RENAL FAILURE ACUTE (1458 patients)
DEHYDRATION (1419 patients)
HEADACHE (1394 patients)
CHEST PAIN (1350 patients)
BACK PAIN (1340 patients)
HYPERTENSION (1277 patients)
INJURY (1234 patients)
PAIN IN EXTREMITY (1231 patients)
ABDOMINAL PAIN (1206 patients)
WEIGHT DECREASED (1205 patients)
HYPOKALAEMIA (1170 patients)
ARTHRALGIA (1156 patients)
DEPRESSION (1150 patients)
PLEURAL EFFUSION (1114 patients)
DEATH (1112 patients)
URINARY TRACT INFECTION (1100 patients)
DRUG INEFFECTIVE (1057 patients)
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (1016 patients)
MALAISE (995 patients)
SEPSIS (989 patients)
CONFUSIONAL STATE (977 patients)
COUGH (965 patients)
THROMBOCYTOPENIA (957 patients)
DECREASED APPETITE (952 patients)
RESPIRATORY FAILURE (937 patients)
CONSTIPATION (936 patients)
BLOOD GLUCOSE INCREASED (875 patients)
WEIGHT INCREASED (867 patients)
INSOMNIA (860 patients)
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (824 patients)
CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (819 patients)
HAEMOGLOBIN DECREASED (799 patients)
CARDIAC ARREST (763 patients)
RASH (762 patients)
CONDITION AGGRAVATED (755 patients)
DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS (716 patients)
HYPOAESTHESIA (706 patients)
EMOTIONAL DISTRESS (682 patients)
SYNCOPE (680 patients)
GASTROINTESTINAL HAEMORRHAGE (679 patients)
GAIT DISTURBANCE (676 patients)
GENERAL PHYSICAL HEALTH DETERIORATION (675 patients)
ECONOMIC PROBLEM (648 patients)
ABDOMINAL PAIN UPPER (641 patients)
PULMONARY EMBOLISM (639 patients)
CARDIOMEGALY (635 patients)
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (633 patients)
CELLULITIS (632 patients)
OSTEONECROSIS OF JAW (630 patients)
INTERNATIONAL NORMALISED RATIO INCREASED (622 patients)
SOMNOLENCE (615 patients)
INFECTION (612 patients)
OSTEOARTHRITIS (609 patients)
BRADYCARDIA (603 patients)
BRONCHITIS (600 patients)
DRUG INTERACTION (599 patients)
ATELECTASIS (598 patients)
LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS (590 patients)
HYPONATRAEMIA (589 patients)
PRURITUS (584 patients)
TACHYCARDIA (583 patients)
BLOOD CREATININE INCREASED (582 patients)
PANCYTOPENIA (580 patients)
MUSCLE SPASMS (578 patients)
CONVULSION (576 patients)
DYSPHAGIA (567 patients)
HYPERKALAEMIA (564 patients)
CARDIAC FAILURE (561 patients)
PARAESTHESIA (559 patients)
OEDEMA (558 patients)
PLATELET COUNT DECREASED (554 patients)
NEUROPATHY PERIPHERAL (553 patients)
NEUTROPENIA (552 patients)
MITRAL VALVE INCOMPETENCE (546 patients)
TREMOR (543 patients)
PALPITATIONS (537 patients)
MYALGIA (533 patients)
MENTAL STATUS CHANGES (533 patients)
GASTROOESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (532 patients)
MULTI-ORGAN FAILURE (531 patients)
ERYTHEMA (530 patients)
CHILLS (529 patients)
DIABETES MELLITUS (527 patients)
HYPERHIDROSIS (527 patients)
PULMONARY OEDEMA (526 patients)
RENAL IMPAIRMENT (520 patients)
BLOOD PRESSURE INCREASED (519 patients)
BONE DISORDER (518 patients)
FEELING ABNORMAL (517 patients)
MUSCULAR WEAKNESS (517 patients)
HYPOXIA (516 patients)
UNEVALUABLE EVENT (508 patients)
CHEST DISCOMFORT (506 patients)
PULMONARY HYPERTENSION (502 patients)
ABDOMINAL DISTENSION (489 patients)
BLOOD POTASSIUM DECREASED (484 patients)
VISION BLURRED (481 patients)
ANHEDONIA (480 patients)
ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE INCREASED (471 patients)
ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE INCREASED (470 patients)
CONTUSION (460 patients)
OSTEOMYELITIS (448 patients)
HEART RATE INCREASED (446 patients)
FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA (443 patients)
PAIN IN JAW (442 patients)
ARRHYTHMIA (436 patients)
CHOLELITHIASIS (427 patients)
MULTIPLE INJURIES (422 patients)
ARTHRITIS (421 patients)
HAEMORRHAGE (417 patients)
SINUSITIS (417 patients)
STRESS (410 patients)
RENAL FAILURE CHRONIC (395 patients)
CARDIAC DISORDER (385 patients)
FLUSHING (384 patients)
TRICUSPID VALVE INCOMPETENCE (383 patients)
SPINAL OSTEOARTHRITIS (381 patients)
SEPTIC SHOCK (381 patients)
THERAPEUTIC AGENT TOXICITY (380 patients)
DYSPNOEA EXERTIONAL (375 patients)
HYPERLIPIDAEMIA (367 patients)
LETHARGY (365 patients)
FLUID RETENTION (363 patients)
RECTAL HAEMORRHAGE (363 patients)
TRANSIENT ISCHAEMIC ATTACK (363 patients)
FEAR (363 patients)
MEMORY IMPAIRMENT (362 patients)
EPISTAXIS (359 patients)
ASTHMA (357 patients)
SWELLING (354 patients)
ASCITES (352 patients)
INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION (351 patients)
CARDIO-RESPIRATORY ARREST (350 patients)
AMNESIA (348 patients)
STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION (346 patients)
THROMBOSIS (345 patients)
CARDIOMYOPATHY (344 patients)
WHEEZING (342 patients)
BALANCE DISORDER (340 patients)
BLOOD PRESSURE DECREASED (339 patients)
HYPERGLYCAEMIA (339 patients)
BONE PAIN (339 patients)
VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA (338 patients)
MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN (335 patients)
VISUAL IMPAIRMENT (335 patients)
DYSPEPSIA (334 patients)
BLOOD UREA INCREASED (333 patients)
LEUKOPENIA (330 patients)
UNRESPONSIVE TO STIMULI (321 patients)
EJECTION FRACTION DECREASED (321 patients)
NECK PAIN (320 patients)
HAEMATOCRIT DECREASED (319 patients)
HYPERSENSITIVITY (319 patients)
HAEMORRHOIDS (318 patients)
BLOOD ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE INCREASED (316 patients)
WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT DECREASED (316 patients)
FLUID OVERLOAD (315 patients)
INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROTRUSION (313 patients)
HYPOGLYCAEMIA (311 patients)
ALOPECIA (306 patients)
JOINT SWELLING (305 patients)
BLOOD BILIRUBIN INCREASED (305 patients)
DISEASE PROGRESSION (304 patients)
VENTRICULAR EXTRASYSTOLES (301 patients)
HEPATIC FAILURE (300 patients)
CATARACT (300 patients)
ARTHROPATHY (300 patients)
HEART RATE IRREGULAR (298 patients)
LYMPHADENOPATHY (297 patients)
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS (294 patients)
OSTEONECROSIS (293 patients)
ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT (292 patients)
UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION (292 patients)
IMPAIRED HEALING (292 patients)
GASTRITIS (285 patients)
OSTEOPENIA (285 patients)
DENTAL CARIES (283 patients)
HAEMATURIA (282 patients)
LIVER FUNCTION TEST ABNORMAL (279 patients)
PANCREATITIS (277 patients)
COAGULOPATHY (276 patients)
HIATUS HERNIA (276 patients)
SLEEP APNOEA SYNDROME (276 patients)
OVERDOSE (274 patients)
ANGINA PECTORIS (272 patients)
BLOOD GLUCOSE DECREASED (271 patients)
SURGERY (269 patients)
HYPOTHYROIDISM (268 patients)
DYSARTHRIA (268 patients)
ILL-DEFINED DISORDER (268 patients)
AGITATION (267 patients)
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Issue	Description / Topic	Timestamp
QUESTION GASTROENTERITIS	Side effects	2014-12-08 04:22:51
QUESTION BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME	Can drinking lots of instant coffee cause Burning mouth syndrome?	2015-01-02 20:58:08
QUESTION CELLULITIS	Link between fast heart rate, cellulitis and low potassium	2015-02-28 18:27:28
QUESTION CORONARY ARTERIAL STENT INSERTION	Is it justified a low potassium diet?	2015-05-31 20:20:58
QUESTION BLOOD CREATININE INCREASED	Kidney damage is an uunrotnfate outcome of Diabetes itself.Ask your doctor if starting an ACE-inhibitor (which slows down kidney damage) would be a good choice for you.	2015-07-13 05:53:28
QUESTION CARTILAGE ATROPHY	Can low potassium lead to cartilage breakdown/loss?	2015-07-15 10:36:11
QUESTION HYPERTENSIVE NEPHROPATHY	what is the effect of potassium on hypertensive nepthropathy	2015-08-11 10:16:45
QUESTION HYPERTENSIVE NEPHROPATHY	what is the effect of potassium on hypertensive nepthropathy	2015-08-11 10:18:49
QUESTION CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE	can an always wet noise cause copd	2016-02-15 18:20:35
QUESTION HEADACHE	Can liquid oral potassium cause headaches? My husband has a problem with absorption. After 3rd bottle of 40meq 3x day he has kept a headache last blood draw 3.0	2016-03-04 19:24:04
QUESTION HEPATITIS B	can we give potassium chloride to hepatitis b infected patient??????/	2016-06-03 08:37:29
QUESTION MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE	What are the side effect of a potassium drip if you have motornouromes disease	2016-09-06 14:00:27
QUESTION OSTEOARTHRITIS	Is an excessive amount of a potassium supplement in my diet the cause of osteoarthritis flare-ups?	2016-10-04 11:12:09
QUESTION BLADDER PAIN	Can high doses of potassium chloride cause bladder problems.	2017-01-08 23:48:22

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