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Potassium Citrate

Popular Brands: : Potassium Citrate, Urocit-k, Polycitra-k, Cytra-3, Polycitra Lc
Official FDA Reports36,076
Social Media Events24
Total Posts572
Avg. Review Score2.89/ 5
Active Ingredients
  • Potassium Citrate
Approved Uses *

* Extracted from Drug Label

Manufacturers
  • Mission Pharmacal Co
  • Ut Southwestern Medctr

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* Extracted from FDA Adverse Event Report

Explanation

The quarterly trend chart illustrates changing levels of adverse events over time. Results from both the FDA Adverse Event Database (FAERS) and adverse events extracted from social media by Druginformer are plotted side-by-side for easy comparison.


The proportion of people completing user reviews who complained about a side effect.

The proportion of social media adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.

The proportion of FAERS (FDA) adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.


Potassium Citrate Side Effects

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* DrugInformer calculates alarm using a proprietary algorithm. Alarm should not be taken as an ofiicial signal from the FDA or other regulatory entity.


User Voices

The following are comments from users that experienced side effects while taking Potassium Citrate

Throat Tightness

the size of the pill makes it hard to swallow . i am on medicare & small pension , this medicine is very expensive


Source: Urocit-K 15 oral : User Ratings coveri...

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Feeling Abnormal

For the first few days I had diarrhea. For several weeks I would feel bad (general bad feeling) after taking it. After almost a month still do not feel very good. I stopped taking it and felt bett...


Source: Urocit-K 10 oral : User Ratings coveri...

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Vision Blurred

... very good. I stopped taking it and felt better so it is the med. However, I'm continuing to take it due to the potential benefit. However, I have had a marked change in vision since taking it, not...


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Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Throat tightness

Posted By Anonymous in fdb.rxlist.com on June 14, 2014 @ 12:00 am

he size of the pill makes it hard to swallow. i am on medicare & small pension , this medicine is very expensive

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Feeling abnormal, Vision blurred

Posted By gwc in fdb.rxlist.com on January 9, 2014 @ 12:00 am

For the first few days I had diarrhea. For several weeks I would feel bad (general bad feeling) after taking it. After almost a month still do not feel very good. I stopped taking it and felt bett...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Pain

Posted By Betsy in fdb.rxlist.com on October 13, 2013 @ 12:00 am

I have just started this med. I have long standing fibromyalgia. Does this med have an effect on my pain? It is impossible for me to tell

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Abdominal pain, Pain

Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on July 26, 2013 @ 12:00 am

Side Effects: Intense abdominal and esophagus pain, taken after meals with lots of water as recommended. Intense pain every time I took it.

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None

Posted By New Orleanian in fdb.rxlist.com on June 1, 2013 @ 12:00 am

(Just started so effectiveness answer, question 1, is a lie.) My insurance company switched me from Potassium Citrate 5 pills to this hard-to-use syrup. I travel often and it is too heavy to carry and...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None

Posted By roger in fdb.rxlist.com on March 16, 2013 @ 12:00 am

I have taken this medication for about 5 years and still get stones.I'am about to go on medicare and non of the plans seem to cover the cost of urocit k or potassium citrate and its real expensive.I m...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None

Posted By Anonymous in fdb.rxlist.com on October 2, 2012 @ 12:00 am

i started taking one a day an just had a altra sound an they found another one in left kidney so dr increased me to 3 aday

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Feeling cold, Hysterical psychosis, Scar

Posted By Anonymous in fdb.rxlist.com on April 3, 2012 @ 12:00 am

... came home and was ready all the side affects and came across Tell your doctor immediately if any of these rare side affects happen.All that i stated also my same hand was very cold and could not get w...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None

Posted By xkefee in fdb.rxlist.com on July 6, 2010 @ 12:00 am

I am a male 55 yrs old very good health except, I notice small brown , red stones in the urinal.I saved one in a kit from the lab and I had uric acid kidney stones.Lucky they are small enough to pass,...

Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None

Posted By Anonymous in fdb.rxlist.com on September 18, 2009 @ 12:00 am

This is much better than having surgery every 10 years to place a shunt in the kidneys. This medication stops uric acid kidney stones completely with very little side effects. POLYCITRA-K crystal pack...


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* About FAERS: The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) is used by FDA for activities such as looking for new safety concerns that might be related to a marketed product, evaluating a manufacturer's compliance to reporting regulations and responding to outside requests for information. Reporting of adverse events is a voluntary process, and not every report is sent to FDA and entered into FAERS. The FAERS database may contain duplicate reports, the report quality is variable, and many factors may influence reporting (e.g., media attention, length of time a drug is marketed, market share). For these reasons, FAERS case reports cannot be used to calculate incidence or estimates of risk for a particular product or compare risks between products.