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  1. Science Saturday: The new super power of hand-washing - Mayo Clinic News Network

    Soap is made from a reaction between a fat, and either sodium hydroxide (lye), or potassium hydroxide (caustic potash). When these substances combine, they ...

  2. Sodium Sulfate, Potassium Sulfate, And Magnesium Sulfate (Oral Route) Description and Brand Names - Mayo Clinic

    Sodium sulfate, potassium sulfate, and magnesium sulfate combination is used to cleanse the colon (bowel) before a colonoscopy. This medicine is a laxative. It ...

  3. Potassium Supplement (Oral Route, Parenteral Route) Description and Brand Names - Mayo Clinic

    Potassium is needed to maintain good health. Although a balanced diet usually supplies all the potassium a person needs, potassium supplements may be needed ...

  4. Potassium Supplement (Oral Route, Parenteral Route) Proper Use - Mayo Clinic

    For potassium bicarbonate and potassium chloride. For oral dosage form (granules for solution):. To prevent potassium loss or replace potassium lost by the body ...

  5. High potassium (hyperkalemia) - Mayo Clinic

    Potassium is a chemical that is critical to the function of nerve and muscle cells, including those in your heart. Your blood potassium level is normally 3.6 to ...

  6. Low potassium (hypokalemia) - Mayo Clinic

    Potassium helps carry electrical signals to cells in your body. It is critical to the proper functioning of nerve and muscles cells, particularly heart muscle ...

  7. Potassium Citrate (Oral Route) Description and Brand Names - Mayo Clinic

    Descriptions. Potassium citrate is used to treat a kidney stone condition called renal tubular acidosis. It is also used to prevent kidney stones that may occur ...

  8. Potassium And Sodium Phosphate (Oral Route) Description and Brand Names - Mayo Clinic

    Phospha 250™ Neutral contains potassium phosphate and sodium phosphate. It is a phosphate supplement that is used to increase the amount of phosphate in the ...

  9. High potassium (hyperkalemia) Causes - Mayo Clinic

    Instead, it may be caused by the rupture of blood cells in the blood sample during or shortly after the blood draw. The ruptured cells leak their potassium into ...

  10. Potassium Iodide (Oral Route) Description and Brand Names - Mayo Clinic

    Descriptions. Potassium iodide is used to treat overactive thyroid and to protect the thyroid gland from the effects of radiation from inhaled or swallowed ...