Potassium Citrate
One can see by the structure, that potassium citrate has many oxygen molecules. The sodium citrate molecule is very similar.
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on the green arrows below to read articles by the Tanners. Their experiments showed that an alkalinizing salt of citrate is helpful in slowing the progression of polycystic renal disease.
Potassium citrate improves renal function in PKD rats 1998
What is potassium citrate? Why a very effective alkalizer.This is the paper that started it all, the first publication on the effectiveness of potassium
citrate in PKD. Sodium citrate is as effective as potassium citrate. Calcium citrate is less so. The animals given potassium citrate lived 17 months as
opposed to their counterparts who lived 10 months. Animals fed potassium citrate had smaller cystic kidneys and lived almost twice as long.
Thanks to the continued work of these PKD researchers, taking potassium citrate is now recognized as a possible means of decreasing kidney cysts.
It is an exclusion for participating in Tolvaptan clinical trials as it has been noted there is some evidence that it could help diminish kidney cysts.
Citrate therapy for PKD in rats. 2000
Citrate salts that have an alkalinizing effect preserve kidney functioning and extend survival. Potassium helps. Citrate helps. But it is alkalinity
that really helps to keep cystic kidneys functioning.
Dietary citrate treatment of PKD in rats 2003
Starting alkalizing later is not as effective as starting it early.
Dietary potassium citrate does not harm the pcy mouse. 2005
No species of the PKD model was harmed by potassium citrate. Potassium citrate in the feed does not affect the progression of renal cystic disease in the
pcy mouse. This model closely resembles human adolescent nephronophthisis. Potassium citrate has been used for years to effectively treat kidney stones
There are no literature reports of adverse reactions from taking monitored potassium citrate.
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on the green arrows below to read a few more articles on potassium citrate
Organic potassium salts on mineral balance in rats adapted to an acidogenic diet 2005 France
Alkalinization of the urine is a simple and effective method of treating yeast urinary infections in patients with indwelling catheter. An additional advantage
is the prevention of renal stone formation in immobilized patients.
Alkalinization of urine for candiduria. Oral potassium citrate effective for diminishing yeast infections. 1995 Germany
Effects of potassium citrate supplementation on bone metabolism 2004 Italy
Neutralization Acid Western Diet with Potassium Citrate Increases Bone Mass in Postmenopausal Women Osteopenia 2006
Effects of potassium citrate supplementation on bone turnover in postmenopausal women. 2005 Texas
1284 Nurses' Health Study II those with low urinary citrate levels were prone to hypertension independent of other factors..
Potassium Citrate in Hypertensives lowers blood pressure abstract.
Potassium Citrate in Hypertensives lowers blood pressure full article by American Heart Association.
High citrate diet delays progression of renal insufficiency in the ClC-5 knockout mouse model of Dent's disease.
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Potassium citrate therapy significantly alleviated calcium oxalate stone activity, following lithotripsy and among those with residual stones 3
New stone formation was virtually eliminated with potassium citrate
Potassium citrate useful for treating hypocitraturic stones, calcium stones and uric acid stones
Clinical trial does not justify magnesium as sole therapy for calcium oxalate stones. Addition of potassium citrate reduced stone recurrence by 90%
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