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Title: Nephrologists Have Used Kayexalate for Decades - But Does It Really Work?
Post by: okarol on May 25, 2010, 12:24:04 PM

New Questions on Old Drug for Hyperkalemia

May 2010 | Vol. 2, Number 5

Nephrologists Have Used Kayexalate for Decades—

But Does It Really Work?

PDF file: http://www.asn-online.org/publications/kidneynews/archives/2010/may/KN_may2010.pdf

Title: Re: Nephrologists Have Used Kayexalate for Decades - But Does It Really Work?
Post by: Rerun on May 25, 2010, 02:44:54 PM

I don't know!!!  It blew out my intestines and I ended up with a colostomy for 9 months!  I'll never touch that shit again!  Literally!

                                      :Kit n Stik;

Title: Re: Nephrologists Have Used Kayexalate for Decades - But Does It Really Work?
Post by: Chris on May 25, 2010, 06:20:25 PM

Everytime they gave that stuff to me, it did not do anything most of the time or very little, which could be due to iet, dialysis and fluids. That stuff is nasty tasting even with flavor added to it from the pharmacy. :puke;

Title: Re: Nephrologists Have Used Kayexalate for Decades - But Does It Really Work?
Post by: Lisa on May 25, 2010, 08:30:35 PM

It always took so much to work for me I ended up vomitting first!!!

Title: Re: Nephrologists Have Used Kayexalate for Decades - But Does It Really Work?
Post by: Zach on May 25, 2010, 09:30:02 PM

Yes it did work for me.

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