NOW Supplements, Potassium Citrate 99 mg, Supports Electrolyte Balance and Normal pH*, Essential Mineral, 180 Veg Capsules

Finally, a worthy potassium supplement!

So I have spent a few years searching for a good potassium supplement. In America, they come in low doses because potassium is very potent to the cardiovascular system. Many supplements have different forms such as "oxide" or "citrate" or "orotate" or "gluconate". Depending on the reason you need to take the supplement, you might need to consider a different compound of the supplement. Potassium citrate is considered to be the most absorbable form of potassium supplement. I am often cautious when buying supplements online. You can get sub-par supplements that could come from another country and may not be what they are being sold as. I researched this company prior to buying and I found on several whole food and clean eating web sites that this brand often made it onto a list of, for example, "50 most ethical supplement companies." I used to get really bad leg cramps and adding the potassium helped a little. For some reason, adding zinc orotate along with the potassium really helped. I have a heart condition and this specific potassium supplement does not bother the condition. I would recommend speaking with your doctor and being informed from multiple, reputable sources before beginning a supplement regiment. If you start taking potassium, begin with one dose each day for a few days to see how it effects you. You do not want to start with a high doese and have it adversely effect your heart or other systems in your body. If you have kidney problems, definitely talk to your doctor or specialist before beginning potassium supplements. Normally it can take about two weeks for you to be able to notice any differences the supplement may make. If you tolerate one pill well and you believe you need a higher dose, take one pill twice a day. I currently take 2 pills twice daily. 2 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. Potassium can be a mild diuretic so I avoid taking a dose in the evening. I added the extra doses after I began an intense exercise program and my muscles were crampy and I felt they needed a little more potassium to help them recover. I have not noticed a benefit when I have previously tried potassium. I believe this particular potassium capsule contains 3% of the daily value of potassium, so you should still try to get most of your potassium in your diet. I have food allergies (bananas and lots of other fruits) so the potassium supplement does help me get the nutrition I can't get from my diet. With THIS brand of potassium, the NOW Potassium Citrate, I have noticed less muscle cramps and some other improvements in my over all health. This will most likely be the potassium supplement I will be loyal to for a long time. So yes, I do love this supplement and give it 5 stars. I have not found any other potassium supplement that I continued to take because it did not feel beneficial. This one makes a difference for me. This supplement is a capsule. It is medium sized. The picture is of the supplement next to a dime in my hand for size comparison. I know many people are concerned with how big supplements are. This supplement is not "small" per se, and is larger than many postassium gluconate supplements with the same mcg dose. I think the effectiveness of potassium citrate compared to potassium gluconate is a good trade off. I would rather take a pill that is much more effective and a little larger than to take a pill that is smaller and less effective

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Indispensable frequently deficient vital mineral

This inexpensive highly absorbent potassium supplement works very quickly to help low potassium symptoms (high BP, fatigue/weakness, restless leg while trying falling asleep, muscle aches/cramp/spasm/numbness/tingles, heart arrhythmia/palpitations, chest pain, digestive issues, high blood sugar, crankypantsness etc, etc.). Not having enough magnesium could also cause the problems since it affects the blood potassium level, along with certain metal toxicity (barium, thallium, cesium, etc) interferes with potassium absorption. Potassium citrate is a urinary alkalinizer with an added benefit of preventing kidney stones. Potassium is best taken in food forms (bananas, avocados, greens, beans, etc), but if you tend to overindulge in diuretics such as wine/beer/coffee, be sure to supplement with key minerals, such as magnesium, potassium, iodine, selenium, zinc, etc… On a related note, if you tend to abuse alcohol and/or insulin resistant, be sure to also look into the insidious and often undiagnosed Thiamine (B1) deficiency which greatly affects glucose metabolism and electrolytes exchange for your nerve and muscle cells

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Thought I was having a heart attack – went to …

Thought I was having a heart attack - went to the emergency room, only to find that I was low in potassium, and not by the doc's standards (it was 'somewhat' low, but not concerning ) NOT CONCERNING? I was in the hospital thinking I was having a heart attack - that's concerning!!! My natural-path nutritionist suggested Potassium - guess what? NO MORE heart attack-like symptoms!!

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Helped my arthritic knees and now I have energy

Well, I finally figured out what was causing my muscle and joint pain and extreme fatigue. I was deficient in potassium because of my diuretic blood pressure pill. I take two of these in the morning and two in the afternoon. Do not take them at night. You will be up because you have energy! I was in agony with my arthritic knees before I took these. Now my muscles are relaxed enough not to be pulling on my tendons and joints. This is a miracle for me

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May have helped pass a 9mm by 6mm Kidney Stone

I just lost what I was typing (Thanks Amazon!). Summary I've been passing a 9mm by 6mm stone for 6 months. Only had an hour or two of pain for a few days. Many things may have helped: 1. Chance Piedra may have minimize pain when stone was moving. 2. Potasium and Magnesium Citrate may have help disolve chanels into the stone making it less painful and smaller. 3. Malic Acid (Ice Breakers Sours) may have also help dissolve the stone. 4. Walking 10k steps per day may have helped push stone down via step impulses, 5. Alpha Blocker (Tamsulosin 0.4mg/day) may have help dilate ureters to help movement. Urologist said it wouldn't pass, My Kaiser GP and Internal medicine doc were fine with trying this natural approach. Chinese doc (Frank He Cares) stall recommended the Maltic acid. For this problem I found it helpful to pick up a used Urology book on Amazon/Ebay; it's good to be informed

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Good deal does what it should

Using country life magnesium 500mg calcium 500mg potassium 99mg combo supplement got my high BP 150-169/80-105 down to 130's/80's over a couple months as I had to work up slowly due to being very minerally depleted. I had to start with a quarter pill or I would get bad heart palpitations. Now I take the full dose of two per day and will work up to 3/day. No problems with heart palpitations and racing anymore. adding 1 extra capsule of potassium 99mg a day on top of that knocked my BP down to 118/60-70avg. my BP is 127/70 on days I forget my vitamins. My normal BP my whole life before I got high BP was 103/63 all the time unless running excercising etc It took a lot of trial and error and patience to get my BP back down. But depleted minerals were the cause. Just got labs back for vit D, also deficient, so taking that now too. I also take a multi vit gel cap from swansons right now it has 0 potassium. I'm looking for a new one that I like without herbs. But it suffices for now

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Fixed my leg cramps in just a couple days.

I would get insane charley horses if I stretched my legs so I wasn't getting enough potassium. So I figured I'd get a supplement but they are all only 2% daily value (including this one) but that's because too much potassium is very bad for you. I take 2 of these around noon and 2 around 10pm and within a couple of days the charlie horses were gone as in 100% gone. I knew it was definitely the potassium because I went to visit my sister and didn't bring my potassium. I was gone for just shy of 2 weeks. About 4 days into the visit I woke up and stretched my legs and immediately I got a charlie horse. When I got home I started back on my routine and in 2-3 days i was doing good and by day 4-5 it was back to no leg issues. I've been trying to figure out why I'm missing so much potassium in my diet but i don't see any issue there. So I'll just keep taking a supplement because I really hate charlie horses

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Why I use potassium citrate.

I am 72 years old, male. In my lifetime I had had only about 5 bouts of kidney stones which passed after much intense pain. However, about four years ago I started having very frequent bouts with passing stones. It happened that my little Norwich Terrier was having stones develop and had to have surgery to remove them. Our vet put her on potassium citrate capsules to help preclude the formation of more stones and they seemed to be working very well. So..............I ordered capsules (for humans) and I take them (2) on a daily basis. I have not had ANY problems with kidney stone pains since I started using the capsules!!! It cannot be a coincidence, so I STRONGLY recommend that anyone having kidney stone problems take potassium citrate on a regular basis. There have never been ANY negative side effects. Good luck to everyone.........and God Bless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Fruit Potassium Form

This is the form of potassium found in fruit which is essential not only for heart health but also can help aid those who are prone to calcium kidney stones. The only precatuion is that you should never take Potassium Citrate on an empty stomach or with medications/supplements that are hard on the stomach, such as ibuprofen and aspirin. Always take it with food! If you are unsure about the effects of your meds in combination with Potassium Citrate, go to Drugs.com and use the 'interactions checker" and you can check your meds and most supplements to see how comapatible they are. Also, If you suffer from GERD, acid reflux of ulcers you should probably talk to your doctor before taking this product since it could aggravate or exacerbate your symptoms. Overall this is an excellent potassium source but always use caution when taking supplements since they can sometimes have side effects just like pharmaceuticals

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NEUTRALIZES OXALATES

I use this for electrolyte balance on a keto style diet. It helps with binding to oxalates in plant foods (chocolate, tea, spinach, etc.) to carry them safely out of the body before it can cause kidney stones, back pain or joint pain. For some reason, some people don't deal well with oxalates, so we suffer with pain and kidney stones without realizing we need citrate to help us deal with the oxalate before the body stores it in crystalized formations that cause such terrible pain. Was happy to find this NOW brand at a good price. I take 2-3 with my lunch and it seems to do the trick. No more back pain

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