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What is Folate?

Folate is a water-soluble B vitamin that occurs naturally in food. Folic acid is the synthetic form of folate that is found in supplements and added to fortified foods.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Increase effect of another treatment 3 0
General health 3 0
Pregnancy 1 0
Other 1 0
High triglycerides 1 1 Efficacy_moderate
Diabetes Type 2 1 0

See all 15 patients currently taking Folate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 2

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Folate. See all 12 dosages ►

  1 tab(s) daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 400 mcg daily 400 mg daily 500 mcg daily 800 mcg daily 1,000 mcg daily 1,000 mg daily 1,600 mcg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Folate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense 2   Expense: 100%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Folate

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

Currently Taking Folate

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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 Folate

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Folate

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

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Folate

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Folate

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

Report created on May 26, 2012.