Potassiumside effects
potassium chloride 10 MEQ Extended Release Oral Tablet [Klor-Con]
Adverse reactions
The following adverse reactions have been identified with use of oral potassium salts. Because these reactions are reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not always possible to reliably estimate their frequency or establish a causal relationship to drug exposure. The most common adverse reactions to oral potassium salts are nausea, vomiting, flatulence, abdominal pain/discomfort, and diarrhea. There have been reports hyperkalemia and of upper and lower gastrointestinal condition including obstruction, bleeding, ulceration, perforation. Skin rash has been reported rarely. The most common adverse reactions are nausea, vomiting, flatulence, abdominal pain/discomfort and diarrhea. To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS, contact Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC at 1-855-899-9180 or FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective July 14, 2025. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
Contraindications
Potassium chloride is contraindicated in patients on triamterene and amiloride. Concomitant use with triamterene and amiloride
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective July 14, 2025. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
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