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What is Mineral Supplements?

Dietary minerals are the chemical elements required by living organisms, other than the four elements carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen which are present in common organic molecules. Essential minerals include calcium, chloride, magnesium, phosphorous, potassium and sodium. Read more...Click to read more below

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 3 0
Other 2 0
Slow my ALS progress 2 0

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Dosages

  daily 1 daily 1 intl units daily 3 tps. daily 6 tps. 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  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Mineral Supplements (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
1 25% Did not seem to work: 25%
Expense
1 25% Expense: 25%
Personal research
1 25% Personal research: 25%
Course of treatment ended
1 25% Course of treatment ended: 25%
Not indicated
1 25% Not indicated: 25%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped taking Mineral Supplements

Currently Taking Mineral Supplements

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

Stopped Taking Mineral Supplements

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
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
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

Report created on November 23, 2009.