Can i take a multivitiman while on spironolact?!
Question: Can i take a multivitiman while on spironolact.?
I just started taking Spironolact for my hormones, and it says not to take with another source of potassium, my multivitiman has 80mg 2% potassium should i stop taken the multivitiman.? I'm also taken a calcium pill and fish oil pills, but i don't think they have potassium in them.
also the Spironolact is kinda making me sick in the stomach. Is there something i can do to help that.?Health Question & Answer
also the Spironolact is kinda making me sick in the stomach. Is there something i can do to help that.?Health Question & Answer
Answers:
Gastrointestinal problems is a major side effect of most drugs especially this one, I have been on it since June of this year for my Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome and if i don't take some sort of potassium along with my normal diet I will wake up close to 3 times at night and early morning with some god awful charlie horses in my legs. I have found that if i drink gatorade it replaces alot of the electrolytes i've lost by the excessive urination (especially potassium) . 12 ounces has 50mg of potassium in it, I usually have 2 of the small 12 ounce bottles and i'm fine. The reason they don't want the multivitamin in your diet is the chance of a potassium overload which is really bad on the heart and can cause death (yes you can OD on multivitamins, so more is not always better)Health Question & Answer