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What is Psyllium Husk?

Psyllium seed husks are used as a regular dietary supplement to improve and maintain regular GI transit to relieve constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, diverticular disease, and diarrhea. Some recent research is also showing them to be promising in lowering cholesterol and controlling diabetes.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) 56 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Constipation 11 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
General health 8 1 Efficacy_major
Bowel irritability 4 1 Efficacy_slight
Other 4 0
Support digestive health 2 2 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 50 patients currently taking Psyllium Husk

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 3
Mild
 3
None
 11

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Psyllium Husk

Abdominal bloating 2
Flatulence 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Psyllium Husk. See all 36 dosages ►

  2.5 g/7 g daily 3.4 g/5.2 g daily 3.5 g/3.7 g daily 1,000 mg m,w,f 500 mg daily 625 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 1,500 mg daily 1,830 mg daily 2,000 mg daily
  5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Psyllium Husk (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 11   Other: 28%
Did not seem to work 10   Did not seem to work: 25%
Doctor's advice 8   Doctor's advice: 20%
Side effects too severe 6   Side effects too severe: 15%
Personal research 4   Personal research: 10%
Expense 4   Expense: 10%
Course of treatment ended 4   Course of treatment ended: 10%
Change in health plan coverage 3   Change in health plan coverage: 8%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 5%

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

Currently Taking Psyllium Husk

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

Stopped Taking Psyllium Husk

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Psyllium Husk

Always
 11 65%
Usually
 5 29%
Sometimes
 1 6%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Psyllium Husk

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 6%
A little
 5 29%
Not at all
 11 65%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Psyllium Husk

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 12 100%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.