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What is Mineral Supplements?

Dietary minerals are the chemical elements required by living organisms, other than the four elements carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen which are present in common organic molecules. Essential minerals include calcium, chloride, magnesium, phosphorous, potassium and sodium. Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 4 0
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 3 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 2 0
Diagnostic assessment 1 0
Support nutritional health 1 0
Osteopenia 1 0

See all 9 patients currently taking Mineral Supplements

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 2

Reported Dosages

  daily 1 intl units daily 1 daily 1 other daily 2 other daily 3 tps. daily 6 tps. daily 10 tab(s) daily 1,200 mg daily
  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 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Mineral Supplements (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 29%
Expense 2   Expense: 29%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 29%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 14%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 14%

See all 7 patients who’ve stopped taking Mineral Supplements

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

Currently Taking Mineral Supplements

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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 Mineral Supplements

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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 Mineral Supplements

Always
 1 50%
Usually
 1 50%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Mineral Supplements

Very
 1 50%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 1 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Mineral Supplements

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

Report created on February 11, 2012.