PSPINC CEO Kenichi Uchikura's Blog

Baking soda is used for the treatment of hyperkalemia, especially when kidney function is impaired. To alleviate hyperkalemia, a condition in which the potassium level in the blood is too high, I had been receiving sodium bicarbonate treatment starting about a week after surgery. 

 

During yesterday's test, my potassium level was still slightly high, so the dosage was increased. However, as soon as the dosage was increased, I experienced an excessive amount of gas buildup, making me feel extremely uncomfortable for about half a day. It wasn’t that the medication didn’t suit me, but rather that the increased dosage was too high. 

 

I immediately contacted the hospital, explaining that the situation was unbearable, and I asked them to return the dosage to its previous level. I haven’t received any further updates yet, but continuing with that higher dosage is simply not an option.

 

Although business and medical treatments are different, doing too much of something, even if it is beneficial, can have the opposite effect. Medications can be quite scary. Likewise, in business, when making course corrections, we must be careful not to overdo it. This experience has been an important lesson for me.