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Potassium bromide ( K Br) is a salt, used as an anticonvulsant and a sedative in the 1800s. In a dilute aqueous solution, potassium bromide tastes sweet, at higher concentration it tastes bitter, and when most concentrated it tastes salty to humans.

Potassium bromide is currently used as an anti- seizure medication for dogs. It is often used as a supplement to phenobarbital if seizures are not being successfully controlled with phenobarbital alone. Increasingly, however, it is being considered as a first-line treatment. Potassium bromide is not approved by the FDA for use in humans to control seizures. An advantage of potassium bromide over phenobarbital is that it does not carry a risk of liver damage over a long period of time. A disadvantage is that it can take 3-4 months before full effectiveness is achieved.

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External Resources

Taylor, Rattray Gordon. The Natural History of the Mind. BooksEnthsiast.com, 1979 E. P. Dutton. pp.181
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