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See also: Ice water

What is Ice Pack? 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.


Reasons Taken

15 patients in the community are taking or have taken Ice Pack.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Pain 11 73%
Other 3 20%
Lower back pain 1 6%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Ice Pack.

  0 mg none 0 min none 0 other none 0 none 1 hr day 2 other day 2.1429 min week 4 other day 15 other day
  1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 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  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Ice Pack or how long patients were taking Ice Pack before stopping.

Currently taking Ice Pack

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

Results from 5 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 33% 1
Moderate 67% 2

Pain

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 5

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 5 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 5)

  • Dymond
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: None
    Cognition: none
    Vision: mild
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: none
    Walking: none
  • Dymond
  • by Dymond
    Nov 06, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Pain

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