Diovan and low potassium
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Diovan can rarely cause muscle breakdown and associated muscle pain and cramps and it is advised to consult your doctor to rule out the possibility as a cause. Diovan also causes increased level of potassium. Both increased and decreased levels of potassium have been linked to muscle weakness. Also, though leg pain can be caused by depletion of potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium etc.
ll say 25 mg once a day is a very low dose and hope your get some feed back from others on side effects. It seems they vary greatly person to person. For me 50 mg a day has minimal side effects, but yes, it does cause some fatigue. I am also in permanent atrial fibrillation which may be the real issue for me. I had taken Toprolol when much younger and in normal sinus rhythm (then it too was 50mg SR) and it had no side effects that I can recall, I was still running for exercise.
Hi, I've been living with bulimia for nearly three years now and two weeks ago was struck down with a strange feeling of what I can only describe as "wobbly" weak-feeling legs, and also just a general weakness in my body. It is as if my legs are detached from the rest of my body. This made me feel dizzy, and anxious of going out in case I might fall.
I went to the dr and my blood pressure is continuing to increase so they added another med to lower it and they tested my potassium and sodium. My potassium was at 3.5 and the range is 3.5-5. I am taking a hctz with spironolactone and they added lisinopril. The dr was more concerned about the potassium going to high because spironolactone and lisinopril are potassium sparing but after the tests I don't think that will be a concern. My sodium was also on the low end of normal 3.
So, when the potassium level becomes low, it results in muscle malfunction and muscle twitchings, and you have experienced muscle crapms.
Low Potassium can also cause the heart contracts prematurely.... muscles that assist in breathing become weak and lead to respiratory arrest. The kidneys become unable to concentrate urine and this leads to excessive urination and thirst.
There can be a digestive problem. "The bowel motility is also hindered.
) and came across some interesting stuff regarding Florinef and low potassium levels. It is listed on the side effects sheet, but frankly, I didn't pay much attention to that. Anyway, in reading more about low potassium, I've found that it can cause:
•Fatigue
•Patient may experience problems such as Myalgia and muscular weakness
•Patient may experience hyponatremia and also may experience confused i.e. anxiety.
I had hyperthyroidism (had a PT),
It is highly unlikely, but clearly the sodium- potassium flux generates the electrical potential for nerve conduction, so low potassium will decrease the threshold of susceptability to a siezure. Low potassium makes the electrical system "twitchy". There is probably a co-factor involved. It is pointless to "seek studies". Don't get into an intellectual battle with this guy. He clearly is not that sharp a tack. Just keep your potassium levels within normal limits.
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