Talk:Potassium citrate

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Potassium Citrate may be used to control Uric acid kidney stones.

Potassium Citrate is also used in soft drinks, such as 7up.

Chemical Formula: C₆H₅K₃O₇ + H₂O

Appearence: A white, slightly hygroscopic crystalline powder. It is odourless with a saline taste.

Uses: Potassium Citrate is rapidly absorbed when given by mouth and is excreted in the urine as the Carbonate. It is, therefore, effective in reducing pain and frequency of micturition when these are caused by highly acid urine. It is used for this purpose in dogs and cats, but is chiefly employed as a non-irritating diuretic. In common with other substances which render the urine alkaline, it may be used to reduce the danger of crystalluria during sulfonamide therapy. Potassium Citrate is usually administered by mouth in dilute aqueous solution.

Amount allowed in tablets/capsules?

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 [1] 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)[reply]

I edited the main page. The maximum amount of potassium is 99mg. Potassium Citrate is 32.28% potassium which would allow for approx 305 mg of calcium.

Also your pills that are 1080 mg are very most likely not 100% Potassium Citrate. There are fillers and other stuff in there to make a tablet. Check the label as to exactly how much is in it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.232.168.14 (talk) 21:02, 18 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My dog (A 4kg Mini Schnauzer) gets two 250mg doses per day of potassium citrate (cut about 1:50 with dextrose powder), to control bladder stones. I agree the 99mg per day limit is not credible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.158.50.173 (talk) 15:42, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've been taking urocit-K since 1997 and if you'd look at the label you'll see that the 1080 is mcg NOT mg. I take 3 each day and when I first got the prescription I questioned by so many mg but was shown the correct measurement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Samwild (talk • contribs) 12:06, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Firefighting?

Before I add it isn't it true that Potassium citrate and potassium acetate are used in fire extinguishers for class K fires? I think thats worth mentioning in the uses section.

metabolic acidosis

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

also good for calcium stones

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)[reply]

Potassium citrate without a pill

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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Percentage of potassium in potassium citrate

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)[reply]

Adequate Intake (AI) for potassium in North America

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)[reply]