A member asked:

On florinef (fludrocortisone) .1mg potassium is now 3.2, doctor given me 24meq per day, 940mg. is this going to stop it going lower? scary don't want heart arythmia

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Low potassium: You low potassium (k) is concerning. You do not list that you are taking any diuretics that would lose both k and magnesium (m). Patients with m deficits have low k levels that cannot be corrected until their m is normal and your diet may not contain enough m to prevent a low level of it. Ask you physician to check your m and if it is low, its repletion will prevent further low k readings.

Answered 4/4/2014

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