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What is Blood Levels?

When taking certain medications, such as lithium, concentrations in the blood must be measured regularly.

Reasons had & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons had
# of patients Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
Other 4 1
Diabetes mellitus Type 2 3 1
General health 2 0
Anemia 1 1
Support another treatment 1 1

See all 8 patients currently having Blood Levels

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 50%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 50%

Most commonly reported side effects

rolling veins
1 100%
small veins
1 100%
take blood on back of hands
1 100%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
2 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

Report created on March 14, 2010.