What is Water?
Water is a vital chemical substance to all life on Earth, required by humans at a volume of around 2 litres per day. During illness many factors may lead to dehydration including medications, reduced intake, difficulty swallowing so supplemental intake of water may be an essential intervention.
Reasons used & Efficacy
| Reasons used | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General health | 79 |
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4 | |||
| Other | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Slow my ALS progress | 7 |
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1 | ||||
| Support another treatment | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Don't know | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Fasciculations | 2 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Schedules
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently using Water. See all 21 dosages ►
| 10 L all the time (24/7) | 2 L all the time (24/7) | daily | 1 L daily | 1 other daily | 1.5 L daily | 1.5 liter daily | 2 L daily | 2.5 L daily | 2.5 liter daily | 3 L daily | 3.5 liter daily | 4 L daily | 5 L daily | 5 other daily | 6 L daily | 20 other daily | 200 L daily | 1000 L daily | 1200 mL daily | 1800 L daily | ||
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1
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1
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15
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10
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1
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1
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5
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44
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1
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1
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11
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1
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11
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other
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3 | 100% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Patient Evaluations
See all 5 patient evaluations
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- Bobby B
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: severe
- Chest: mild
- Legs: severe
- See profile
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- Bobby B
- 10 L all the time (24/7)
- since Sep 14, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Slow my ALS progress
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- katrina008
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: moderate
- See profile
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- katrina008
- 1 L daily
- since Apr 27, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for General health
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- Porky
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: severe
- Arms: mild
- Chest: none
- Legs: moderate
- See profile
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- Porky
- 2 L daily
- since Jan 10, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for General health
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 5 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.