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High Potassium?
by JKJ, Jun 06, 2008 09:39AM
I used to have low potassium and my prime care doc put me on potassium supplements (8meq 6x/day). He then changed my blood pressure med to a very, very potassium-sparing med (spironolactone) and I'm on 50mg a day. I've read that those two should not be prescribed together or if they are the potassium levels should be strictly monitored...well, my doc isn't watching my levels at all.
Why? Because I go to a VA hospital and they suck. I don't have insurance so I can't go anywhere else and I can't change docs (not allowed at the VA....long story)
In early March when I was on 25mg of spironolactone my potassium level was 3.3, a week later it rose to 4.4....then I had other complications and the doc increased the dosage to 50mg....but has never re-checked my potassium level...he said he would see me again in 6 months!!!
The past few weeks I have felt like ****. There are some subtle syptoms (symptoms) for high potassium and I seem to have all of them-weakness, confusion, listlissness, heavy feeling in muscles, nausea, low BP at times, low HR at times.
My doc won't listen to me...but this is serious stuff...I don't know what to do. If I stop taking the meds and then my potassium goes down and I get sick from that...he writes in my medical records that I'm "non-med compliant"...this guy is a real ***.
I just don't know what to do.
Why? Because I go to a VA hospital and they suck. I don't have insurance so I can't go anywhere else and I can't change docs (not allowed at the VA....long story)
In early March when I was on 25mg of spironolactone my potassium level was 3.3, a week later it rose to 4.4....then I had other complications and the doc increased the dosage to 50mg....but has never re-checked my potassium level...he said he would see me again in 6 months!!!
The past few weeks I have felt like ****. There are some subtle syptoms (symptoms) for high potassium and I seem to have all of them-weakness, confusion, listlissness, heavy feeling in muscles, nausea, low BP at times, low HR at times.
My doc won't listen to me...but this is serious stuff...I don't know what to do. If I stop taking the meds and then my potassium goes down and I get sick from that...he writes in my medical records that I'm "non-med compliant"...this guy is a real ***.
I just don't know what to do.
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