RenaPlus (Potassium Gluconate) Powder — Prescription
For dogs and cats. Prescription required.
Product Description
RenaPlus is a potassium gluconate supplement prescribed to correct and manage low blood potassium in dogs and cats. Potassium is essential to normal nerve, muscle, and heart function, and animals who run low on it can become weak, lethargic, and unable to hold their heads up normally — a picture seen most often in cats with chronic kidney disease.
The powder mixes into wet food, which is the easiest way to get a daily supplement into a cat and also helps limit stomach upset. It's a generic equivalent to Tumil-K, and the same active ingredient is sold under the RenaKare name.
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Specifications
Item Number: 146876
Generic Name: Potassium Gluconate
Common Brand Names: RenaPlus, RenaKare, Tumil-K
Species: Dogs and cats
Form: Oral powder
Uses
Prescribed for hypokalemia (low blood potassium). Low potassium is common in cats with chronic kidney disease, and can also result from other conditions, from certain medications, or from prolonged poor appetite or vomiting.
How to Use
Give exactly as prescribed by your veterinarian, mixed into food. Dosing is based on your pet's potassium level and body weight, so follow the prescription rather than a general guideline. Give with food to reduce the chance of stomach upset.
Your veterinarian will usually want to recheck bloodwork periodically and may adjust the dose based on the result. Don't increase, decrease, or stop the supplement on your own — potassium is one of those things where both too little and too much cause problems.
Possible Side Effects
Generally very well tolerated when used as prescribed. Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea can occur, and giving the dose with food usually minimizes it. Contact your veterinarian if digestive upset persists.
Precautions
Not for pets with elevated blood potassium (hyperkalemia). Should be avoided in animals with severe kidney impairment, acute dehydration, untreated Addison's disease, hemolysis, or constipation.
Tell your veterinarian about all other medications your pet receives — several drug classes, including some blood pressure medications, affect potassium levels and can interact.
Weakness, collapse, an irregular heartbeat, or a pet who stops eating are reasons to contact your veterinarian promptly rather than adjusting the dose at home.
Keep out of reach of children and pets. Store as directed on the label.
