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PACS, low magnesium and potassium
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It was given by the emergency room doctor on saturday. He doesn't know me or my history at all. That rx was 3000mg a day for 3 days. The high dose freaked me out too so i only took 1500mg yesterday and 1500mg today. I called my family doctor today to get an appointment but he cant see me until May 13th. I will take another 1500mg tomorrow, maybe again on Wednesday but try to eat more high potassium foods.
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@muppet7777 Okay, now we have some context. So I 'think' the ER doc wants to 'blast' you with a lot of K for three days and let your body and kidneys deal with any overage....any excess should be excreted, and meanwhile you get your K back into range.
Potatoes, figs, pistachios, avocado/guac, beets....there are many good foods that will provide K in your diet. Also, at the grocers, K salt is found in the same place as table salt.