Electrolytes: study protocols
19 study groups say how much Electrolytes participants took a day. These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.
Dose per serving from products
45 products in our catalogue print how much Electrolytes a serving holds.
Most common: 25 mg to 50 mg and 100 mg to 250 mg, 18% of 45 products each.
| Dose per serving | Products |
|---|---|
| 500 mcg or less | 1 |
| 500 mcg to 1 mg | 5 |
| 1 mg to 2.5 mg | 1 |
| 2.5 mg to 5 mg | 3 |
| 5 mg to 10 mg | 1 |
| 10 mg to 25 mg | 3 |
| 25 mg to 50 mg | 8 |
| 50 mg to 100 mg | 4 |
| 100 mg to 250 mg | 8 |
| 250 mg to 500 mg | 6 |
| 500 mg to 1 g | 3 |
| over 1 g | 2 |
Dose per serving from research
9 study groups in 7 studies say how much Electrolytes participants took a day.
These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.
Most common: 500 mg to 1 g and 2.5 g to 5 g, 22% of 9 study groups each.
| Daily dose | Study groups |
|---|---|
| 250 mg or less | 1 |
| 250 mg to 500 mg | 0 |
| 500 mg to 1 g | 2 |
| 1 g to 2.5 g | 1 |
| 2.5 g to 5 g | 2 |
| 5 g to 10 g | 0 |
| 10 g to 25 g | 1 |
| 25 g to 50 g | 1 |
| 50 g to 100 g | 1 |
Commonly used together
4 of 19 study groups took Electrolytes with something else, but nothing that 3 or more different studies gave.
19 study groups
| Study | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| A randomized, controlled trial of oral sulfate solution versus polyethylene glycol for bowel preparation for colonoscopy 2025 · Group B (PEG) · Men and women aged 18–70 years undergoing screening, surveillance, or diagnostic colonoscopy | 46.6 mg | 1 day | 355 |
| Mechanical colon cleansing for screening colonoscopy: A randomized controlled trial 2017 · sodium phosphate group · Outpatients at a VA hospital undergoing screening colonoscopy; mean age 62 years, 75% men | 180 mL | 1 day | 127 |
| Adverse cardiovascular effects of acute salt loading in young normotensive individuals 2008 · salt tablets · young healthy normotensive male volunteers | 200 mmol | 5 days | 16 |
| Sodium citrate supplementation enhances tennis skill performance: a crossover, placebo-controlled, double blind study 2019 · sodium citrate (SC) condition · Nationally ranked male tennis players, age 17 ± 1 years | 500 mg/kg | 1 day | 10 |
| A randomized controlled trial of four precolonoscopy bowel cleansing regimens 2011 · 90 mL sodium phosphate (NaP) · Patients undergoing outpatient colonoscopy; age and sex not reported | 90 mL | 1 day | — |
| Cleansing ability and tolerance of three bowel preparations for colonoscopy 1997 · Group B · Patients requiring colonoscopy | 90 mL | — | — |
| Cleansing ability and tolerance of three bowel preparations for colonoscopy 1997 · Group C · Patients requiring colonoscopy | 90 mL | — | — |
| A randomized, controlled trial of oral sulfate solution versus polyethylene glycol for bowel preparation for colonoscopy 2025 · Group A (OSS) · Men and women aged 18–70 years undergoing screening, surveillance, or diagnostic colonoscopy | 17.5 g | 1 day | 324 |
| Efficacy and tolerability of split-dose PEG compared with split-dose aqueous sodium phosphate for outpatient colonoscopy: a randomized, controlled trial 2011 · NaP group · Healthy outpatients aged 18–65 years with recently documented normal renal function scheduled for colonoscopy | 66 g | 1 day | 104 |
| Efficacy and tolerability of split-dose PEG compared with split-dose aqueous sodium phosphate for outpatient colonoscopy: a randomized, controlled trial 2011 · Split-dose PEG group · Healthy outpatients aged 18–65 years with recently documented normal renal function scheduled for colonoscopy | 38.3 g | 1 day | 103 |