Dr. David Presser, emergency physician, describes his experience dosing liquid KCl to his patients in the ER.

“My headache as a clinician is to find that a patient with nausea and vomiting has low potassium. Oral potassium repletion tastes so foul that the patient is bound to vomit again, and IV repletion occupies an emergency department bed for hours.”

Fortunately, there is an inexpensive, effective, alternative: Effer-K®, effervescent potassium citrate, available in flavored and unflavored varieties in 10, 20, and 25 mEq.

Physicians who sampled Effer-K® at the recent 114th Missouri Osteopathic Annual Convention described the taste of Effer-K® 20 mEq orange cream dissolved in water as “very palatable” and “like orange soda.” Those who sampled the Unflavored Effer-K® dissolved in apple juice described the taste as “just like apple juice.”

Clearly Effer-K® is quite different from KCl. Yet, it is equally effective in potassium repletion.1, 2

Are you a patient or a physician who would like to try Effer-K? Visit our web site to request samples. https://www.efferk.com

1. He FJ, MacGregor GA. Beneficial effects of potassium on human health. Clinical Review. BMJ. 2001; 323: 497-501.
2. Feng J. He; Nirmala D, Markandu; Rosemary Coltart; Jeffrey Barron; Graham A. MacGregor. Effect of Short-Term Supplementation of Potassium Chloride and Potassium Citrate on Blood Pressure in Hypertensives. Blood Pressure Unit, St. George’s Hospital Medical School, London,SW17ORE, UK.