User:Mr. Ibrahem/Polystyrene sulfonate

Polystyrene sulfonates are a group of medications used to treat high blood potassium. Effects generally take hours to days. It may be taken by mouth or used rectally.

Common side effects include loss of appetite, gastrointestinal upset, constipation, and low blood calcium. Serious side effects may include intestinal injury, electrolyte abnormalities, and heart failure. It works as a cation exchange resin.

Sodium polystyrene sulfonate was approved for medical use in the United States in 1958. In the United States the sodium salt costs about 60 USD for 450 grams as of 2021. In the United Kingdom this amount of the sodium salt costs about £81 while the calcium salt costs about £125.