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“Abstract Acutely induced metabolic acidosis secondary to ammonium chloride ingestion resulted in heightened rates of excretion for calcium, sodium, potassium , and chloride in normal, single-kidney subjects, and allograft recipients.”
“We found that, compared with mice drinking only distilled water, ammonium chloride induced a loss of bone sodium and potassium and a depletion of mineral HCO3(-) and phosphate.”
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology • 2003 | View Paper
“Administration of ammonium chloride aggravates, while short-term administration of sodium or potassium bicarbonate lessens the development of polycystic kidney disease in Han:SPRD rats.”