Last Wednesday I had a really severe asthma attack. I had to go to the er for an albuteral treatment. Got a double! Anyway, as treatment waned my muscles started to cramp...but I could breathe so i was happy. Over the following 45 minutes my muscle continued to cramp so badly that I couldn't walk. Back to er ! When they did my blood work they found out that my potassium had bottomed out from the albuteral treatment! The doctor explained that the drug lowers potassium and since I was a wls patient, my electrolytes were low normal to begin with and that the albuteral pushed me over the edge. Well needless to say that I will be vigilant about getting all my vitamins and will make sure any docs know I've had wls ! Scary stuff!

Very scary..... I get cramps in my legs and feet when my potassium is low. There is the Vitiman drink that has 880 mg of potassium and I try to have one of them like 2x week which helps get that extra boost of potassium

What drink..? Of course they said to eat 1-2 bananas each day.....I explained that if I did that I couldn't eat anything else!

Very scary..... I get cramps in my legs and feet when my potassium is low. There is the Vitiman drink that has 880 mg of potassium and I try to have one of them like 2x week which helps get that extra boost of potassium

What is this drink? I too have low potassium and always have. Haven't had bad cramps lately, but used to get them in my thighs! Talk about pain! My husband would have to rub the huge cramp out, and took a long time to loosen.

Last Wednesday I had a really severe asthma attack. I had to go to the er for an albuteral treatment. Got a double! Anyway' date=' as treatment waned my muscles started to cramp...but I could breathe so i was happy. Over the following 45 minutes my muscle continued to cramp so badly that I couldn't walk. Back to er ! When they did my blood work they found out that my potassium had bottomed out from the albuteral treatment! The doctor explained that the drug lowers potassium and since I was a wls patient, my electrolytes were low normal to begin with and that the albuteral pushed me over the edge. Well needless to say that I will be vigilant about getting all my Vitamins and will make sure any docs know I've had wls ! Scary stuff![/quote']

I havent heard of albuterol doing this. I take an inhaled when sick and it makes me so jumpy. Low potassium can cause all kinds of bad stuff. Keep an eye on it!

What is the name of this drink I've had a lot of trouble with my potassium since surgery I have to drink the Nasty stuff every day cause its low and that not good for your heart with us know on the absorption problem it can go so up and down I had major issues they did mine a week before my Cardioverson it was fine and the day I was scheduled for it it was very low so this can be a big problem and I have to get mine checked every 6 weeks now

Even with the extra I take on MFP it always shows I'm not getting enough potassium

I'm really going yo watch it now. This scared me to death...I literally couldn't move. I didn't know albuteral did this either until this happened. Of course when I went in they gave a superdose!