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What is Breath Stacking?

Breath stacking refers to methods to increase the amount of air you get into your lungs; increasing what is technically called the inspiratory capacity. It is one small breath upon another to increase the inspired volume (increase the inflation of the lungs). Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 10 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 8 2 Efficacy_moderate
General health 1 0
Prevent infection 1 0

See all 14 patients currently going to Breath Stacking

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 5

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently going to Breath Stacking. See all 13 dosages ►

  daily 2 daily 3 other daily 3 daily 5 min daily 5 other daily 9 min daily 10 daily 15 min daily 30 min daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 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  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Going to Breath Stacking (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 3   Other: 75%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 25%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped going to Breath Stacking

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

Currently Going to Breath Stacking

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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

Stopped Going to Breath Stacking

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Breath Stacking

Always
 1 17%
Usually
 3 50%
Sometimes
 2 33%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Breath Stacking

Very
 1 17%
Somewhat
 1 17%
A little
 2 33%
Not at all
 2 33%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Breath Stacking

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 4 100%

Report created on February 11, 2012.