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What is Iodine?

Iodine is an essential trace element which forms part of the thyroid hormones thyroxine and triiodotyronine.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Hypothyroidism 6 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
low iodine levels 3 0
thyriod 2 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Support immune health 2 0
General health 2 0
Semen production decreased 1 0

See all 23 patients currently taking Iodine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 1
None
 4

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Iodine. See all 15 dosages ►

  6.25 mg daily 12.5 mg daily 18.75 mg daily 25 mg daily 37.5 mg daily 50 mg daily 100 mcg daily 150 mcg daily 200 mg daily 225 mcg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Iodine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 43%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 43%
Expense 1   Expense: 14%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 14%

See all 7 patients who’ve stopped taking Iodine

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

Currently Taking Iodine

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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

Stopped Taking Iodine

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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 Iodine

Always
 2 33%
Usually
 3 50%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 17%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Iodine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 2 33%
Not at all
 4 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Iodine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 3 100%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.