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What is Coral calcium?

Coral Calcium is a salt of calcium derived from fossilized coral reefs. It has been promoted as a alternative treatment or cure for a number of health conditions, including cancer yet there is no medical evidence to support these claims.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 6 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 5 0
Other 1 0
Stiffness/Spasticity 1 0
Increase effect of another treatment 1 1 Efficacy_slight

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 0

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Coral calcium

Bowel Irregularity 1

Reported Dosages

  daily 1 tbs. daily 3 other daily 5 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 1,500 mg daily 3,000 mg daily
  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  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Coral calcium (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 33%
Expense 1   Expense: 17%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 17%
Other 1   Other: 17%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 17%

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

Currently Taking Coral calcium

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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 Coral calcium

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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 Coral calcium

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 1 100%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Coral calcium

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 100%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Coral calcium

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

Report created on May 27, 2012.