tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315622674616774363.post4503664426942524445..comments2023-11-06T07:16:36.431-06:00Comments on The Cataract Club (formerly known as) The Musings of a Middle Aged Woman: Side Effectsoklhdanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01371904174197202740noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315622674616774363.post-24595799991444447242017-09-06T08:34:14.789-05:002017-09-06T08:34:14.789-05:00Wow, thanks for the information Deb. I will defin...Wow, thanks for the information Deb. I will definitely discuss this with my doctor.oklhdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371904174197202740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315622674616774363.post-39874367088562413192017-09-05T01:45:57.640-05:002017-09-05T01:45:57.640-05:00Dani,
Albuterol and steroids both cause a drop in...Dani,<br /><br />Albuterol and steroids both cause a drop in your serum potassium levels. Your symptoms, the trembling hands, nervousness, fatigue, and being tearful and emotionally labile are all commonly experienced by people during periods of hypokalemia or low serum potassium. <br /><br />You might ask your doctor about taking a supplement, say 10 mEq of potassium bicarbonate as an effervescent tablet you drop into water, each time you take your Albuterol. This is about the same amount of potassium found in an orange, but it reaches the blood much more quickly than it does when you eat the same amount in food, because it is assimilated almost immediately. <br /><br />I have clients who have chronically high potassium, for whom Albuterol is prescribed to bring down their potassium, so it is really quite effective at tanking potassium in the rest of us. Potassium supplementation is not dangerous, used judiciously. If a person has healthy kidneys it's almost impossible to overdose on oral potassium, unless one takes an entire bottle of timed release of prescription potassium supplements at once. <br /><br />Hugs from Canada,Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14133236228952504852noreply@blogger.com