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What is Hyaluronic acid?

Hyaluronic acid is a naturally occurring polysaccharide. Oral hyaluronic acid is promoted for arthritis and skin conditions. Hyaluronate derivatives are also available in injectable and topical formulations.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain in knees 6 1 Efficacy_moderate
Muscle and joint pain 3 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Joint pain 2 0
Osteoarthritis 2 0
Osteoporosis 1 0
Osteoarthritis (OA) 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Hyaluronic acid

Pain in knees 1
High blood pressure increased 1

Reported Dosages

  8mg/mL as needed 60 mg yearly 25.5 mg every 3 months 30 mg/2 mL every 3 months 18 mg daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily 60 mg daily
  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 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Hyaluronic acid (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 50%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 25%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 25%

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

Currently Taking Hyaluronic acid

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

Stopped Taking Hyaluronic acid

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Hyaluronic acid

Always
 2 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Hyaluronic acid

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 2 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Hyaluronic acid

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 50%
< $25
 1 50%

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Report created on May 25, 2012.