Did your doctor tell you to stay away from certain foods? There are many foods high in potassium.
Spironolactone - What foods to avoid?
Question posted by faith618 on 28 Sep 2017
Last updated on 29 September 2017
3 Answers
FMTaherDO
30 Sep 2017
No banannas, no nutritional drinks like ensure. If your on spironolactone and you need to begin blood thinners like Coumadin or warfarin make sure to let your doc know explicitly you are on spironolactone. Always check contents of vitamin K in your foods. Also avoid kale.
FMTaherDO
30 Sep 2017
By the way the vitamin k, kale etc are just precaution IF. You ever get on Coumadin or warfarin. For just spironolactone avoid banannas and things high in potassium. Google is your friend for finding potassium contents in food. Sorry about the sidetrack there on warfarin or Coumadin. I was on autopilot for a SOAP note.
Chyk41
29 Sep 2017
The only food I was told to avoid was bananas. My cardiac rehab dietitian said that they can cause a number of problems. Bananas were taken off my diet when I was in the hospital.
Stephen Treloar
29 Sep 2017
Bananas are chock full of Potassium, good call.
Stephen Treloar
29 Sep 2017
You should not have to avoid foods containing Potassium when taking Spironolactone even though it is Potassium sparing. A normal balanced diet is fine.
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