Potassium

Name: Potassium Drug Interactions
Creator: Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS

11 interactions 1 explained in plain English

Also sold as: Glu-K® K-Dur® 10 K-Dur® 20 K-Lor® K-Lyte® DS Effervescent Tablets K-Lyte® Effervescent Tablets K-Lyte/CL® 50 Effervescent Tablets K-Lyte/CL® Effervescent Tablets K-Tab® Filmtab® K+ 10® K+ 8® K+ Care® K+ Care® Effervescent Tablets Kaochlor® 10% Kaon-Cl-10® Kaon-Cl® 20% Elixir Kaon® Elixir Kay Ciel® Klor-Con® 10 Klor-Con® 8 Klor-Con® Powder Klor-Con®/25 Powder Klor-Con®/EF Klotrix® Micro-K® Quic-K® Rum-K® Slow-K® Tri-K® Twin-K®

About Potassium

A mineral supplement used to replace potassium losses and prevent deficiency caused by disease or certain medications. Read the full Potassium drug information page →

Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS · Updated Jun 30, 2026 · Editorial policy · Data sources

Sources: FDA prescribing information (Structured Product Labeling), the published literature cited in each entry, DDInter 2.0 (a major open-access drug-interaction database), and legacy DrugBank interaction data distributed by the NIH's RxNav service (decommissioned in 2024) — analyzed and reviewed by our pharmacist team. How we build this library →

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6 Major 5 Moderate

All (11) Major (6) Moderate (5)

Major

Potassium Lisinopril Prinivil Explained Hyperkalemia Details Potassium Benazepril Lotensin Hyperkalemia Details Potassium Captopril Capoten® Hyperkalemia Details Potassium Fosinopril Monopril® Hyperkalemia Details Potassium Moexipril Univasc® Hyperkalemia Details Potassium Perindopril Aceon Hyperkalemia Details

Moderate

Potassium Aliskiren Tekturna Hyperkalemia Details Potassium Eprosartan Teveten® Hyperkalemia Details Potassium Irbesartan Avapro Hyperkalemia Details Potassium Losartan Arbli Hyperkalemia Details Potassium Olmesartan Benicar Hyperkalemia Details

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