Potassium tablets????

I have been taking a potassium tablet in addition to my multivitamin. I have also added bananas, potatoes, and sweet potatoes back into my diet, all foods I was avoiding because they are higher carb and calorie. If I don't eat any of those foods, I take an additional tab at night. The OTC potassium is as other posters have said, under 4%,so you can take more than one a day. However, they are kind of chalky and nasty to take, so I seldom take more than two a day.

Check with your doctor before you start taking potassium. If you get too much, it can become an issue. Potassium pills are huge and most who have to take them complain about them a lot. I haven't seen the OTC ones. Maybe they're smaller.

There are many foods higher in potassium than our friend, the banana. A quick google search will help.

Potassium isn't like Vitamin C, where if you take too much of it your body will just pee it out with no harm done. It can cause you too have too much potassium, which is called "hyperkalemia" (hyper - excessive, ka - potassium [kalium, K], emia - in the blood). At least google "hyperkalemia" before you begin swallowing potassium.

Much better to get potassium from foods than pills. Fruits and vegetables, salmon and milk and yogurt are all very good potassium sources.

I do take potassium, 2 tablets of 3% per day, each. You need to be very careful with it as too much potassium can a killer, honestly. I have always had horrible leg cramps. I get them in my calves, outside and inside of my thighs at the same time. Not a lot of fun, I can tell you. I take a blood pressure med that lowers potassium, too.

Are you sure that potassium is your issue? Probably even bigger than potassium in leg cramps is simple dehydration. Before going to extra potassium, I would greatly increase the amount of water you are drinking. Staying well hydrated has helped me a lot more than potassium. Since it curbs hunger, too, its a win-win situation.