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Cream of tartar, also known as potassium bitartrate, is a widely available household product, primarily used in baking as a leavening agent. It also has stool softening properties when combined with sodium bicarbonate in a polyethylene glycol suppository.
Cream of tartar has high potassium content and, when ingested in large quantities, has resulted in case reports of life‐threatening hyperkalaemia. Two cases were reported by Rusyniak and colleagues, with six tablespoons resulting in symptomatic hyperkalaemia with concerning ECG changes that were successfully treated. Both cases were healthy young men who intended to “clean themselves out”.
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Authors: Daniel Yee Lee Ng, Laksmi Govindasamy, Andrew Hughes and Hwee Min Lee
Article Type: Medical Education
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