Potassium Citrate 200 mg by Pure Encapsulations

If your Basic Metabolic Panel shows potassium in the lower end of normal, potassium citrate is a practical way to nudge intake up without extra sodium. It suits people with high-sodium diets, endurance exercisers losing salt in sweat, and those with a history of calcium kidney stones whose 24-hour urine shows low citrate. It is a maintenance-level dose; if you have established deficiency or true hypokalemia, correction requires higher, prescription-guided dosing.

Potassium helps nerve signaling and steady muscle contraction, including the heart’s rhythm, by balancing sodium and setting the electrical gradient across cells. The citrate part is metabolized to bicarbonate (the body’s main base), which gently raises alkali load. That can lower urinary calcium and raise urinary citrate, both protective for calcium stone formers. On labs, you’ll track potassium on a Basic Metabolic Panel and sometimes CO2/bicarbonate as an acid–base proxy.

Take two capsules daily, split with meals, to improve tolerance and absorption. This provides about 400 mg elemental potassium total, roughly 10 mEq. Expect muscle cramp ease or steadier energy within days if low intake was the driver; blood pressure effects are modest and accumulate over weeks when higher potassium displaces sodium. For stone prevention, your clinician may check 24-hour urine after 6 to 12 weeks to confirm a rise in urinary citrate.

Avoid if you have kidney disease, a history of high potassium, or are on drugs that raise potassium: ACE inhibitors (lisinopril), ARBs (losartan), potassium-sparing diuretics (spironolactone, eplerenone, amiloride, triamterene), or the antibiotic trimethoprim. NSAIDs can also push potassium up. If you’re on a prescribed low-potassium diet, pregnant with severe vomiting, or have significant dehydration, get clinician guidance first. Stop and seek care for weakness, palpitations, or tingling.