What is Water?
Water is a vital chemical substance to all life on Earth, required by humans at a volume of around 2 litres per day. During illness many factors may lead to dehydration including medications, reduced intake, difficulty swallowing so supplemental intake of water may be an essential intervention.
Reasons used & Efficacy
| Reasons used | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| General health | 287 |
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| Other | 42 |
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| dehydration | 25 |
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| Bladder problems | 23 |
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| thirst | 23 |
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| Fatigue | 21 |
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Side Effects
Schedules
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently using Water. See all 65 dosages ►
| 10 L all the time (24/7) | 10tbs. as needed | 1 L all the time (24/7) | 1 other all the time (24/7) | 1other as needed | 2 L all the time (24/7) | 30ml as needed | 330 mL all the time (24/7) | 4 L all the time (24/7) | 8 other all the time (24/7) | all the time (24/7) | daily | 2 hr weekly | 0.5 liter daily | 0.75 L daily | 1 L daily | 1 other daily | 1.5 L daily | 1.5 liter daily | 1.6 liter daily | 1.89 L daily | 2 L daily | 2 other daily | 2.5 L daily | 2.5 liter daily | 3 L daily | 3 other daily | 3.5 liter daily | 4 L daily | 4 other daily | 5 L daily | 5 other daily | 6 L daily | 6 other daily | 7 L daily | 7 other daily | 8 L daily | 8 other daily | 9 L daily | 9 mL daily | 10 L daily | 10 other daily | 12 L daily | 15 L daily | 16 L daily | 20 other daily | 24 L daily | 50 L daily | 64 daily | 64 mL daily | 64 other daily | 90 other daily | 100 L daily | 100 mmol/L daily | 120 L daily | 200 L daily | 240 L daily | 1000 L daily | 1200 mL daily | 1800 L daily | 1800 mL daily | 1892 mL daily | 2000 mL daily | 2100 L daily | 5000 mL daily | ||
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Patient Evaluations
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- Bobby B
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: severe
- Chest: mild
- Legs: severe
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- Bobby B
- 10 L all the time (24/7)
- since Sep 14, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Slow my ALS progress
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- jmscout
- Sex: F
- Sensation: None
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- jmscout
- 3 L daily
- since Sep 17, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Fatigue
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Side Effects
None
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- fragiletruth
- Sex: F
- Depression: 0
- Emotional: 0
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 0
- Mania: 2
- Physical: 0
- External Stress: Low
- 24 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
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- fragiletruth
- 2 L daily
- since Oct 03, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for General health
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips Most people don't drink enough water. Soda isn't good for you. I love carbonation, so I keep a soda club in the house to allow me to make seltzer, which lead... See full evaluation
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Report created on November 21, 2009.