Find out what you need to know about potassium chloride and how to use it. Discover its pros, cons, risks, and benefits, and how it may affect health.

Taste-wise, potassium chloride is somewhat salty, but becomes bitter and unpleasant in larger amounts, Rizzo says. So it's typically used to replace only some of the sodium in products.

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc. issued a recall for some of its Potassium Chloride Extended-Release Capsules over a "failed dissolution" that may cause heart attacks.

Sparks likened potassium chloride in medicine to the bricks, boards, and nails needed to build a house. "It just cuts across many different types of patients," he said.

Glenmark Laboratories recalled 114 batches of 750 mg Potassium Chloride Extended-Release Capsules in bottles of 100 (NDC No. 68462-357-01) and 500 (NDC No. 68462-357-05) capsules.

Potassium-Chloride as a Healthier Alternative In some cases, scientists argue, it's preventable - changing the way we consume salt is one of the most cost-effective ways to do it.

The FDA’s Final Guidance states the agency will exercise enforcement discretion to allow the use of “potassium salt” as an alternative common or usual name for “potassium chloride.” 1 ...

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nexus Pharmaceuticals announced today that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for Potassium Chloride in Water for Injection in ...

Glenmark Laboratories recalled 114 batches of 750 mg Potassium Chloride Extended-Release Capsules in bottles of 100 (NDC No. 68462-357-01) and 500 (NDC No. 68462-357-05) capsules.