Electrolytes
Updated May 20, 2025.
🟢 NOW Potassium Chloride Powder (8 oz)
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😺 Luna Says
Dad uses this to supplement my chloride without increasing sodium.
🟢 NOW Potassium Gluconate Pure Powder
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CKD kitties like me struggle to keep their potassium up. So oral supplementation is often needed. Be sure to check with your vet whether potassium gluconate or potassium citrate is best for you! And it’s very important to monitor blood potassium to make sure you don’t go too high.
🟢 Nutricost Magnesium Chloride Powder (2 lb)
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🟢 Pure Supplements Magnesium Chloride Powder (4 oz)
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🟢 Vetoquinol Renal K+ (Powder)
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😺 Luna Says
Before Dad knew what he was doing (as if he does now!), we once had to go to the ER for hypokalemia. That was not much fun. This got my potassium up fast. I take it every day now. Definitely get the powder, not the gel. I don’t notice the powder when added to my food.
Electrolytes references and resources
- Fernando MB, Ferreira I, Lourenço P. Admission and discharge sodium: Chloride ratio in acute heart failure - The importance of electrolytes. Int J Cardiol. 2024 Dec 15;417:132528. doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2024.132528
- Fu Z, Zhang X, Zhao X, Wang Q. U-Shaped Relationship of Sodium-to-chloride Ratio on admission and Mortality in Elderly Patients with Heart Failure: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2023 Jan;48(1):101419. doi:10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2022.101419
- Grodin JL, Simon J, Hachamovitch R, Wu Y, Jackson G, Halkar M, Starling RC, Testani JM, Tang WH. Prognostic Role of Serum Chloride Levels in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Aug 11;66(6):659-66. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2015.06.007
- Gucyetmez B, Tuzuner F, Atalan HK, Sezerman U, Gucyetmez K, Telci L. Base-excess chloride; the best approach to evaluate the effect of chloride on the acid-base status: A retrospective study. PLoS One. 2021 Apr 29;16(4):e0250274. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0250274
- O’Connor CM, Ahmad T. The Role of Sodium and Chloride in Heart Failure: Does It Take Two to Tango? J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Aug 11;66(6):667-9. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2015.05.070
- Wei D, Chen S, Xiao D, Chen R, Meng Y. Positive association between sodium-to-chloride ratio and in-hospital mortality of acute heart failure. Sci Rep. 2024 Apr 3;14(1):7846. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-58632-4
- Wu A, Wolley MJ, Mayr HL, Cheng L, Cowley D, Li B, Campbell KL, Terker AS, Ellison DH, Welling PA, Fenton RA, Stowasser M. Randomized Trial on the Effect of Oral Potassium Chloride Supplementation on the Thiazide-Sensitive Sodium Chloride Cotransporter in Healthy Adults. Kidney Int Rep. 2023 Mar 27;8(6):1201-1212. doi:10.1016/j.ekir.2023.03.011
- You J, Gu S, Su N, Feng X, Peng F, Xu Q, Zhan X, Wen Y, Wang X, Tian N, Wu X, Wang N. Serum sodium to chloride ratio and mortality on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: a multicenter retrospective study. MedComm (2020). 2025 Jan 10;6(1):e70041. doi:10.1002/mco2.70041
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