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What is Salt Tablets?

Salt tablets are used for several reasons such as nutritional support for chronic fatigue, muscles cramps, and heat prostration.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) 3 1 Efficacy_major
Low blood pressure 2 1 Efficacy_major
electrolyte imbalance 1 1 Efficacy_major
Orthostatic Hypotension 1 1 Efficacy_major
Gastroparesis 1 0
Other 1 0

See all 7 patients currently taking Salt Tablets

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 2

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Salt Tablets

Urinary frequency 1
Thirst 1

Reported Dosages

  1 daily 3 g daily 5 g daily 6 g daily 7 g daily 1,000 mg daily 2,000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Salt Tablets (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 100%

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Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Salt Tablets

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Salt Tablets

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Salt Tablets

Always
 1 33%
Usually
 2 67%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Salt Tablets

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 3 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Salt Tablets

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 2 100%

Report created on May 24, 2012.