Guest guest Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 I have to take prescribed Potassium twice a day, when I was in the hospital, I had to take it four times per day...the pharmacist and my doctor has told me that there is no way that I could eat enought of the foods that contain Potassium, to get the amount that I need. They both, told me that there are no over the counter supplements to replace the Potassium that diuretics remove from the system....I can really tell a difference...the lack of Potassium causes all kinds of things to go wrong with my heart and causes excruciating pains in my legs...it evens messes up my heartbeat....The doctors check my electrolytes quite frequently. That's great that they do that... truthfully, I don't think my doctor even knows that :-( Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 I am not familiar with the many different types of blood pressure meds that are available...I am sure that there are some that would be better than what I am taking, but the doctor has never tried me on them before. My doctor put me on Accupril, for high blood pressure and because it protects the kidneys. Unfortunately, I'm allergic to Accupril, and so as the next best thing, my doctor prescribed Hyzaar, which also affords some protection for the kidneys. I seem to be okay with that. Sandy H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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