BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES ACCOMPANYING THE INGESTION OF A CARBOXYLIC CATION EXCHANGER IN THE HYDROGEN, AMMONIUM, SODIUM, POTASSIUM, OR CALCIUM FORM

Abstract

The effects of various forms of a cation exchange resin in humans were examined and compared using the balance technic to estimate alterations in composition of the extracellular and intracellular compartments as well as of serum, urine and stool. Effects of H and NH4 resins were essentially indistinguishable, the Ca form was essentially inert, and the Na and K forms served as donors of their respective cations, rendering the external, and at times the intracellular, balances positive.