Potassium Content of Often Used Drugs

 

TABLE D:  POTASSIUM CONTENT OF OFTEN USED DRUGS

 

Drug

mEq of K+

Kaon Elixir (Potassium Gluconate), 15 ml

20

K-Dur 10 Tablet, 1 tablet

10

K-Dur 20 Tablet, 1 tablet

20

K-Lyte Tablets, 1 tablet

25

Potassium Chloride Injection, 14.9%, 10 ml

20

Potassium Chloride Injection, 14.9%, 30 ml

60

Potassium Chloride Injection, 20%, 5.6 ml

15

Potassium Penicillin G Aqueous Buffered Injection, 1 million units

1.7

Potassium Penicillin G Aqueous Buffered Injection, 5 million units

8.5

Potassium Penicillin G Aqueous Buffered Injection, 10 million units

17

Potassium Penicillin G Aqueous Buffered Injection, 20 million units

34

Potassium Triplex, 5 ml

15