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What is Sodium Bicarbonate?

Sodium bicarbonate is an antacid and electrolyte supplement used for various reasons including gastric hyperacidity, treatment of hyperkalemia and management of overdose of certain drugs. As an antacid it is available as an over the counter product but other uses require a prescription.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Kidney disease 7 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Kidney Transplant 4 0
metabolic acidosis 4 1 Efficacy_major
Treat side effects of another treatment 2 0
General health 2 0
Counteract acidity 1 0

See all 29 patients currently taking Sodium Bicarbonate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 3

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Sodium Bicarbonate. See all 23 dosages ►

  2 mg daily 10 g daily 14 g daily 16 g daily 24 g daily 360 mg daily 650 mg daily 1,300 mg daily 3,250 mg daily 7,800 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 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 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Sodium Bicarbonate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 40%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 40%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 20%
Other 1   Other: 20%

See all 5 patients who’ve stopped taking Sodium Bicarbonate

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

Currently Taking Sodium Bicarbonate

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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

Stopped Taking Sodium Bicarbonate

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Sodium Bicarbonate

Always
 2 67%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 33%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Sodium Bicarbonate

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 3 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Sodium Bicarbonate

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

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Report created on May 25, 2012.