RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Complications of `Slow-K' therapy
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 595
OP 598
VO 26
IS 169
A1 Sandor, Francis
YR 1976
UL http://bjgp.org/content/26/169/595.abstract
AB (1) The failure of `Slow-K' tablets to disintegrate prevents rapid release but allows them to be trapped by their bulk in the intestine. (2) Two cases are reported. In the first the tablet was trapped in a caecal diverticulum and the patient developed an abcess. In the second, abdominal pain developed which subsided when `Slow-K' was stopped. Later `Slow-K' was again started and the patient developed dysphagia. (3) The possibility of abdominal complications with this treatment should be remembered. (4) Effervescent KC1 preparations may replace `Slow-K' but KC1 supplementation may be necessary only in cardiac disease.