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What is Psyllium Husk?

Psyllium seed husks are used as a regular dietary supplement to improve and maintain regular GI transit to relieve constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, diverticular disease, and diarrhea. Some recent research is also showing them to be promising in lowering cholesterol and controlling diabetes.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Constipation 5 0
General health 5 1
Other 3 0
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) 1 0
Fibromyalgia 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 100%

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Psyllium Husk. See all 14 dosages ►

  1 g daily 2 mg daily 2.5 g/7 g daily 3 g daily 3.4 g/5.4 g daily 3.4 g/7 g daily 2 x 3.4 g/7 g daily 85 g daily 100 g daily 1000 mg daily 1500 mg daily 1830 mg daily 2000 mg daily 2500 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 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 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Psyllium Husk (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Not indicated
1 50% Not indicated: 50%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Psyllium Husk

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Psyllium Husk

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
1
0
3
5
3

Stopped Taking Psyllium Husk

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 100%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.