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Old 09-10-2004, 03:55 AM   #1
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Potassium Citrate
Sorry if I post this here along with posting it in the kidney board but it seems that in there the ladies are a lot lazier (Andrea and I do nothing but posting and answering to each other, lol), and it also seems that problems related to urinary infections or kidney stones are connected to the peri.
My doctor put me on some potassium/magnesium/calcium citrate for my oxalate kidney stones. I would like to know if some of you use this and if you too had a sensation of gastritis and some diarrhea right after having taken the citrate. I had a rough morning and my stomach is upside down now, lol.
I would also like to know, since my doctor is away at the moment, if the potassium or magnesium contained in the citrate is enough for the body or if I should go on taking my magnesium potassium suplements. I take 500 mg magnesium a day plus 80 mg potassium.
Thanks for any tip...
Carla
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Old 09-10-2004, 06:35 AM   #2
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Re: Potassium Citrate
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Sorry if I post this here along with posting it in the kidney board but it seems that in there the ladies are a lot lazier (Andrea and I do nothing but posting and answering to each other, lol), and it also seems that problems related to urinary infections or kidney stones are connected to the peri.
My doctor put me on some potassium/magnesium/calcium citrate for my oxalate kidney stones. I would like to know if some of you use this and if you too had a sensation of gastritis and some diarrhea right after having taken the citrate. I had a rough morning and my stomach is upside down now, lol.
I would also like to know, since my doctor is away at the moment, if the potassium or magnesium contained in the citrate is enough for the body or if I should go on taking my magnesium potassium suplements. I take 500 mg magnesium a day plus 80 mg potassium.
Thanks for any tip...
Carla

Hi Carla:
I don't really know if you should take the extra mag/pottasium with the meds your doctor gave you, you should discuss this with him. It's a good thing he put you on this, cause that is what causes kidney stones, the mineral inbalance. Anyways, Snodove (screenname) her name is Polly is experienced with the Potassium cause she has the same kind of stones you have. I don't know what causes my stones yet. Hope this helps. YOu don't want to overdue any mineral either, not good either.

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Old 09-10-2004, 12:50 PM   #3
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Re: Potassium Citrate
Hi Carla, I posted to you on the kidney stone board. I agree with Andrea, You gotta be very careful. I am learning that out the hard way. Between the uro doctor's nurse... lol Oh we wont' even go there. He is a good doctor I feel but I think his nurse is well perhaps up to par. I know from what I have gathered there is a real balance here and if you don't have it you can get stones from alot of different things. I have cal. ox stones and I have cut back on greens and other foods with oxidate in them. Calcium some but not as much. I did that for yrs and then they found out that that makes stones worse. Go figure. lol afer 5 or so more stones. lol
Take care and I hope you can talk to you doctor. Oh, and the potassium gave me the poops at first but since I have IBS I was glad in a way. It levels out after a bit.. and it will stop.
Polly
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