to assess the effect of potassium repletion in hypokalemic hypertension , we administered either potassium chloride , 60 mmol per day , or placebo tablets , each for six weeks , in a randomized , double-blind , crossover trial to 16 hypertensive patients who had diuretic-induced hypokalemia and who continued to take a constant amount of diuretic .
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potassium chloride
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hypokalemia