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Does potassium remove sodium from the body?
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Complex: The two are exchanged for each other in the distal aspect of the kidney filtering units. Kayexalate is a resin that does exchange sodium for potassium in the gut. Abuse of this treatment can cause the serum sodium to rise.
Answered 1/26/2015
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