Metamucil Treatment Report
See also: Metamucil Wafers
What is Metamucil?
Metamucil® is a brand name for psyllium, an antidiarrheal laxative. It is used as a dietary fiber supplement; for the treatment of occasional constipation; and to reduce risk of coronary heart disease. Off label it is used for irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Constipation | 14 |
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2 | |||
| Bowel problems | 10 |
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1 | ||||
| General health | 7 |
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1 | ||||
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) | 3 | 0 | |||||
| fiber supplement | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Diarrhea | 1 | 0 |
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Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Metamucil. See all 20 dosages ►
| 3.4g/5.2g as needed | 5 500mg as needed | daily | 1 tps. daily | 1.5 tps. daily | 2 mg daily | 2 tbs. daily | 2 tps. daily | 3 tps. daily | 3.4 g/11 g daily | 3.4 g/5.2 g daily | 3.4 g/7 g daily | 5 tps. daily | 10 other daily | 3 x 3.4 g/7 g daily | 500 mg daily | 1000 mg daily | 1500 mg daily | 2500 mg daily | 3000 mg daily | ||
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1
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3
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1
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3
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2
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5
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2
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4
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1
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1
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2
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2
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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3 | 38% |
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Other
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3 | 38% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 13% |
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Course of treatment ended
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1 | 13% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Patient Evaluations
See all 4 patient evaluations
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- expastrychef
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- expastrychef
- 1tps. as needed
- since Mar 14, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Bowel problems
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 4 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.