Credit: Getty Images Investigators speculate that a novel target of autoimmunity in LN that affects renal tubular potassium transport results in idiopathic hypokalemia in patients with LN.

Optimal treatment for hypokalemia depends on the severity of the potassium deficit and the underlying etiology. In general, when a patient has mild-to-moderate hypokalemia (serum potassium between 3.0 ...

Use of sodium zirconium cyclosilicate to treat hyperkalemia does not appear to markedly increase the risk for a drop in serum potassium to less than 3.5 mmol/L. Treatment with the potassium binder ...

Lokelma is a branded medication that contains sodium zirconium cyclosilicate. It isn’t currently available in generic form. It comes as a powder that you mix into water and then drink. Lokelma powder ...

Low potassium is also known as ‘Hypokalemia’, and the health experts at Cleveland Clinic say: “Your body needs potassium to ...