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Potassium Tablet recommendations. Citrate? Gluconate? Help

minkeygirl

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I started methylfolate today at a really low dose and am supplementing with potassium glutamate powder.

However, the potassium in that form is making me really nauseated, (yes i took it with food). It started the minute it went down my throat.

I need to get the most bang for my buck. I found a Members Mark Potassium Gluconate 500 tablets for about $13.00 Is there a certain kind of potassium I should be taking or is this ok?

Thanks
 

ahmo

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@minkeygirl I take my K+ as a footbath, AM/PM. Works stunningly well. I only take it orally when I'm in strife and need it NOW. I've just worked it out that it's probably the K+ ( ( do all aminos, minerals in footbaths) that's causing the softening of my tonnails, and have just applied nail polish, which I'll be doing regularly from now on. cheers, ahmo
 

minkeygirl

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@pela I can't get out but I found a bottle of 500 for about $13 bucks including shipping on Amazon. That seems to be the cheapest I've found. Simply Right Potassium.

It's gluconate so I'll just get that. I didn't know if there was a particular potassium I needed for methylation.
 

minkeygirl

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I just read a review and someone said these are really big so I need to rethink and keep looking. I have a hard time with pills so..

I found some that have calcium in them. I wonder if that is ok?
 

minkeygirl

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@pela, just found some 21st century for $1.88 for 110 plus free shipping so I bought 5 bottles. That'll tide me over till I figure out what to do.
 

Martial

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There isn't a specific kind you need, just enough to cover hypo kalemia symptoms from methylation treatment. You could try the one you mentioned above and I am sure it would be fine. I would just highly recommend getting the powder instead and finding a ways to make it work for you. The pills if you take too many is concentrated and will really upset your gut lining and stomach, I used to get really bad burning pains from not using enough water with my K+ Powder for example. I would imagine that it would be even worse from using a multiple 99g pills at once to reach a bit higher of doses.
 

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minkeygirl

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@caledonia, I had that powder and was nauseated the entire day from it. I had a full stomach and I got nauseous before it even got down my throat. I remember I had the same problem with the Lo Salt stuff.

@Martial I found some tablets pretty cheap. It would be easier to take them throughout the day to avoid the nausea since I graze. I can try crushing them too and see how that works if I have problems My gut may not be as "delicate" as yours LOL. And it may be that type of potassium. Who knows?

I remember Freddd telling me he took tons of pills a day but that was a few years ago.
 

Martial

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Fred still takes at least 7 to 8 with each meal, he told me this a few months back Lol, yes my stomach is pretty delicate and sensitive haha! Not in a because I am sick way either, just don't have a very good stomach for things that taste bad or bug me.. Lol

Anyways that could work, best to go by how you feel for the most part! I think you will be fine doing that, I would try and use any form but chloride though, that definitely stings the most!
 

Little Bluestem

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I find that I have to be well hydrated to handle potassium. I only take 300 mg at a time and it still sometimes bothers me.
 

EMilo

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My doctor prescribed potassium chloride for my low potassium (3.2), but it is bright orange and full of artificial flavourings, "natural flavors" and dyes. My body would meltdown if I took it.

Would the NOW Potassium Gluconate Powder work for me or should I be sticking with potassium chloride?

I've been warned about the dangers of supplementing with potassium-- how low should I start? Thank you!
 

sueami

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There is too much concern over supplementing with potassium, I'm concluding. I was worried about it as well. The RDA is 4700mg. My physician prescribed 1500mg tablets for me, one daily and take a second one if I still have symptoms of low-potassium (which for me seems to be heart palps, anxiety and muscle twitching).

He told me he woke up in the night with palpitations and anxiety from a dream and popped four of them. He has his 80-something year-old father on a tablet a day, so even slow digestive systems can tolerate them, he says.

I take potassium chloride for the 1500mg tabs. I also have 99mg capsules that are a blend of gluconate, citrate and aspartate which I sometimes take 3-4 of when I notice what I think might be minor symptoms or I take a quarter tsp of potassium chloride in the form of no-salt.

Most people seem to start at 300-400 mg but I've been taking 1500mg just fine. It's just a pain to take that many 99mg tabs.
 

minkeygirl

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I have a thread about this somewhere where @Martial said any kind is fine. You can probably find it if you look around. I think I have Gluconate which I got really cheap. You are't supposed to take more than 300 mgs at a time because that's all your body can handle.

The No Salt makes me nauseous so I stay away from it.
 

ahmo

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My preference is NOW K+ Gluconate powder. I like this form because it's easy to alter doses. I'm currently using 750 or 1500mg AM/PM. Tending toward the higher dose. K+ chloride powder at these doses is unpalatable.

I also now generally take mine in a footbath w/ my aminos. I started footbaths when I was using magnesium oil, and needed far more than just a few squirts on my skin. I no longer use the mg oil, but have continued w/ the FB method. It's far easier for taking these K+ doses. If I need extra, eg. in the night, like sue's physician, I take 520mg orally (1 tsp).

When I was raising my folate, I generally needed additional, determined by heart palps, restlessness. These days I find that when my tinnitus increases, due to stressed adrenals, I need extra.
 

EMilo

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I just ordered the Now powder. I have been using no salt, but it has "natural flavors" which I sometimes react to and which I worry is MSG (especially since it's a salt flavour product).

Thanks for the help!
 

Little Bluestem

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I eventually had digestive problems from the no salt. I use the NOW powder and some pills, which vary, because sometimes the pills are more handy. When I do the powder, I add a little sea salt and magnesium to keep things balanced and some taurine to help absorption.