Talk:Potassium citrate

message: This section of the article is either worded badly or is just flat-out wrong for the US (and in that case needs to be clarified):
:The maximum amount of potassium citrate allowed by law in a tablet or capsule is only 99 mg (approximately 3% of the daily allowance). This is because of its somewhat caustic effect on the stomach lining, and the potential for other mild health hazards.
I take Potassium Citrate myself and the pills are 1080mg each, well past the 99mg that the article claims.  According to the site here  the medicine (under the brand name Urocit-k) is available in 540mg and 1080mg pills.  Perhaps what the article is trying to say is that 99mg is the maximum allowed in non-prescription products? --Maestro4k 19:07, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Amount allowed in tablets/capsules?

message: Can't you also use this to treat metabolic acidosis?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Interestedperson (talk • contribs) 23:09, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: metabolic acidosis

message: The most common type of kidney stone (80% of all) is calcium oxalate. The article suggests that potassium citrate is only beneficial for "uric acid" or "cystine" stones. (These are the stones associated with gout. That seems to be true. It even appears that potassium citrate might even help dissolve uric acid stones. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19911683
However, my review of recent articles in the published urology literature indicates that potassium citrate also prevents calcium oxalate stones. See, for example:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19911682
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918339
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15499203
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9366314
Sorry I didn't alter the article myself. I'm not very skillful and I don't have a wikipedia account.
I don't think other wikipedia articles related to kidney stones include this information, which appears to be a rather recent development in medicine. 68.127.233.221 (talk) 22:36, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  also good for calcium stones 

message: can you get potassium citrate from food? I do not like to take pills, I want to go natural.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.247.145.189 (talk) 18:51, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not liking pills is an irrational thing in itself, although it's understandable for potassium citrate. I suppose you could take it as a liquid after food, although it'd probably be more expensive that way. --IO Device (talk) 19:58, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes, it's available in both food and drink. It's found in bananas, though you'd need to eat 2 or 3 per day to get a similar dosage to that available in prescription pills. Similarly it's artificially added to 7up and some lemonade flavorings (I've seen Crystal Light powder mentioned as a source). Again, you'd need to drink several liters of either every day to match the amount found in 1-2 prescription pills. Assuming you're trying to consume potassium citrate to avoid kidney stones drinking 3-4 liters of lemonade isn't a bad idea, but the cumulative sugar intake becomes very concerning very quickly. There are of course sugar free options (Crystal Light being one of them) but if your concerns are for being more 'natural' then drinking an artificially sweetened and flavored drink probably isn't high on your list of options.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Necoras (talk • contribs) 18:48, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Potassium citrate without a pill 

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message: I think the number 32.28% in the "Administration" section is wrong: Standard atomic weight of potassium is 39.10 g/mol, molar mass of potassium citrate is 306.4 g/mol, so I get a percentage of (3*39.1)/306.4 = 38.28%. Correct?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by BlackGuffin (talk • contribs) 13:43, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Percentage of potassium in potassium citrate 

message: Currently, there is no RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) for potassium in the USA or Canada. Instead, in 2004 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) stated that for adults an AI (Adequate Intake) for elemental potassium is 4.7 g (4700 mg) per day. See Dietary reference intakes for water, potassium, sodium, chloride, and sulfate; IOM; first  published 11 Feb 2004; http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2004/Dietary-Reference-Intakes-Water-Potassium-Sodium-Chloride-and-Sulfate.aspx 101.163.17.98 (talk) 11:18, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adequate Intake (AI) for potassium in North America 

message: The article currently states that the adult dosage is 3 to 6 teaspoons.  But 6 teaspoons of potassium citrate contains about 13,000 mg of potassium, far exceeding the 4,700 mg Recommended Daily Allowance.  Please, could someone check those figures or find a reference?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.50.127.215 (talk) 22:57, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dosage seems high 

message: Need I say more? 
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monohydrate - a hydrate containing one molecule of water for every molecule of the compound. 
 
hygroscopic  - Tends to absorb moisture.
deliquescent - Likes to be a liquid.
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Shouldn't these highly-technical terms (aka, "Technobabble") - have links to something descriptive or a definition the average person can comprehend?  As written, I'm sure there are VERY few people who can make sense of it.  And Jimmy wonders why people aren't contributing like they used to.  Here is one of the reasons.  98.194.39.86 (talk) 04:43, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:   "In the monohydrate form it is highly hygroscopic and deliquescent."