Complications of `Slow-K therapy

摘要

(1) The failure of `Slow-K' tablets to disintegrate prevents rapid release but allows them to be trapped by their bulk in the intestine.(2) Two cases are reported. In the first the tablet was trapped in a caecal diverticulum and the patient developed an abcess. In the second, abdominal pain developed which subsided when `Slow-K' was stopped. Later `Slow-K' was again started and the patient developed dysphagia.(3) The possibility of abdominal complications with this treatment should be remembered.(4) Effervescent KC1 preparations may replace `Slow-K' but KC1 supplementation may be necessary only in cardiac disease.