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Enemas Treatment Report

What is Enemas? An enema is a medical procedure to introduce liquid into the rectum in order to move impacted stools or treat constipation. Read more...Click to read more below


Reasons used

8 patients in the community are using or have used Enemas.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Constipation 6 75%
General health 1 12%
Other 1 12%

Schedules

Based on the patients currently using Enemas.

  1mcg as needed 1other as needed 4 as needed as needed 1 other daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been using Enemas or how long patients were using Enemas before stopping.

Currently Using Enemas

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

Stopped Using Enemas

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
1
0
0
Why Patients Stopped Using Enemas (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 1 100% Course of treatment ended: 100%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 2 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

There is currently no efficacy data for Enemas.

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 50% 1
None 50% 1

Top reported side-effects include: stomach upset

Summary results are based on 2 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 2)

  • Bobby B
    Sex: M
    Mouth/throat: moderate
    Arms: severe
    Chest: mild
    Legs: severe
  • Bobby B
  • by Bobby B
    Sep 14, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Constipation

See all evaluation results for Enemas

Report created on November 08, 2009.