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What is Lactaid?

Lactaid is a brand name for the enzyme lactase. It is used to help digest lactose in milk for patients with lactose intolerance.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Lactose intolerance 9 5 Efficacy_major
Support digestive health 2 0
Lactose Intolerance 2 0
Support nutritional health 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 5

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Lactaid

Bloating 1

Reported Dosages

  1,250units/5gtt as needed 1M,W,F as needed 1other as needed 2 3,000units as needed 3,000 units as needed as needed 3,000units as needed 4other as needed 1,250 units/5 gtt daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

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

Currently Taking Lactaid

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Lactaid

Always
 4 80%
Usually
 1 20%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Lactaid

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 20%
A little
 1 20%
Not at all
 3 60%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Lactaid

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 3 100%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.