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What is Ice or Cold Packs?

Ice is commonly used to alleviate pain and may be helpful to alleviate nausea and vertigo (dizziness). Ice or cold packs can be as simple as a towel filled with cubed or crushed ice or available with refrigerant gel or liquid that may require freezing or become cold when activated.

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 7%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
1 7%
None
13 87%

Most commonly reported side effects

burning pain
2 13%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Schedules

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently using Ice or Cold Packs. See all 39 dosages ►

  0.05hours as needed 0other as needed 10minutes as needed 15minutes as needed 1hours as needed 1mg as needed 1 other as needed 1other as needed 20 min as needed 20minutes as needed 2hours as needed 30 min all the time (24/7) 30 min as needed 30minutes as needed 45minutes as needed 5minutes as needed 8 min as needed as needed daily 1 hr daily 1 other daily 2 hr daily 2 min daily 2 other daily 15 min weekly 30 min every other week 20 min weekly 3 min daily 4 other daily 5 min daily 40 hr weekly 60 min weekly 10 min daily 15 min daily 15 other daily 16 min daily 20 min daily 30 min daily 60 min daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 10 Number of Patients: 10 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 15 Number of Patients: 15 2 Number of Patients: 2 16 Number of Patients: 16 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 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 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Ice or Cold Packs (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
2 50% Did not seem to work: 50%
Other
2 50% Other: 50%
Side effects too severe
1 25% Side effects too severe: 25%
Course of treatment ended
1 25% Course of treatment ended: 25%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped using Ice or Cold Packs

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Using Ice or Cold Packs

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
4
31
14
40

Stopped Using Ice or Cold Packs

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
4 27%
Usually
6 40%
Sometimes
3 20%
Never
2 13%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
2 13%
Somewhat
1 7%
A little
4 27%
Not at all
8 53%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
6 40%

Report created on November 20, 2009.