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Citrucel Treatment Report
See also: Citrucel Clear Mix, Stool Softener
What is Citrucel?
Citrucel is a brand name for Methylcellulose (or methyl cellulose), a chemical compound derived from cellulose used in the treatment of constipation.
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Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken |
# of patients
Efficacy
|
Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowel problems | 6 |
|
1 | ||||
| Constipation | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Bowel Irregularity | 2 |
|
1 | ||||
| ibs | 1 |
|
1 | ||||
| Diarrhea | 1 | 0 | |||||
| General health | 1 | 0 |
See all 14 patients currently taking Citrucel
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Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Did not seem to work
|
3 | 75% |
|
|
Not indicated
|
1 | 25% |
|
Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
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- cmagdanz
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Mild
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- cmagdanz
- 3 g daily
- since Dec 29, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Bowel problems
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips Citrucel thickens my stools. They were so loose, frequent, and messy. Now with oatmeal every morning and Citrucel every evening, they are firm and regular ag... See full evaluation
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- Cookiemonster28
- Sex: M
- Mental Symptoms: none
- Physical Symptoms: none
- Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: none
- 515
- VL 377
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- Cookiemonster28
- 2 g/19 g daily
- since Feb 23, 2010
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Bowel Irregularity
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Side Effects
None
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- Wen
- Sex: F
- Pain: All
- Fatigue: All
- Sleep: Most
- Stiffness: All
- function: None
- external_stress: All
- Stickman: all
- Description:F44y
- FM:14y Dx
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- Wen
- 1000 mg daily
- since Aug 29, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for ibs
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips make sure you drink a lot of fluids if you are taking the pill vs the powder because it won't help if you don't follow those directions See full evaluation
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Report created on March 15, 2010.