Potassium and Potassium + Corticosteroids: one depletes the other
Each entry’s own grades, side by side. A grade says how strong the evidence is for one outcome — it does not rank one entry over the other.
Compound or practice
Potassium
Most people eat too little and too much sodium — shifting the ratio lowers blood pressure.
Grade B2 graded outcomesrevised Jul 10, 2026
A structured monograph in Prometheus's bundled library. Its grades are the monograph's own reading of the evidence, not a peer-reviewed review.
Interaction
Potassium + Corticosteroids: one depletes the other
Corticosteroids promote potassium loss.
Grade B0 graded outcomesrevised Jul 10, 2026
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Graded in both
Outcomes are matched by name. Two entries can describe the same outcome in different words, so one listed further down may still be graded in the other.
No outcome has the same name in both entries. They may still overlap under different wording — read the two lists below.
Graded only in Potassium
- Blood pressure Moderate effectEvidence grade B
- Stroke (salt substitute) Moderate effectEvidence grade B
Graded only in Potassium + Corticosteroids: one depletes the other
None — every outcome it grades is graded in both.
Conditions
Only in Potassium
- Hypertension ImprovesEvidence grade B
Only in Potassium + Corticosteroids: one depletes the other
None.
What each entry says about the other
- Potassium + Corticosteroids: one depletes the other’s entry · Watch with: About Potassium
Both columns are read from the entries as they stand in this library. A comparison is not advice to take either one, and it is no substitute for a clinician who knows the person.