A 47-year-old member asked:
can you tell me in biological term on what is the effect of potassium chloride on human body?
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Dr. Clarence Grim answered
57 years experience Endocrinology
KCL: Will increase low body K which can kill you.. Take too much and it will kill you from high body K. I would go to wikipedia and review potassium metabolism.
Answered on May 18, 2017
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