Icy Hot Treatment Report
See also: Icy Hot Extra Strength
What is Icy Hot?
IcyHot is a topical analgesic heat rub meant for relieving pains such as arthritis, backache, muscle strains, sprains, bruises, and cramps. Active ingredients include menthol and salicylate. It is available in various preparations for topical use.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pain | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 3 |
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1 | ||||
| Burning sensation, between shoulders | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| muscle spasm, shoulder | 1 |
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1 | ||||
| muscle spasm, neck | 1 |
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1 |
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Side Effects
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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4 | 80% |
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Expense
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1 | 20% |
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Side effects too severe
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1 | 20% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Patient Evaluations
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- tink1227
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: None
- Cognition: mild
- Vision: none
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: none
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- tink1227
- as needed
- since Aug 15, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Burning sensation, between shoulders
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Side Effects
Moderate
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See all 4 patient evaluations
Report created on November 22, 2009.