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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
4 11%
Mild
8 21%
None
26 68%

Most commonly reported side effects

Allergies, pets
3 8%
hair on furniture lol
3 8%
Asthma
2 5%
financial
2 5%
responsibility
1 3%
Biting
1 3%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Pets (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
2 67% Other: 67%
Did not seem to work
1 33% Did not seem to work: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped using Pets

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Using Pets

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
2
27
15
86

Stopped Using Pets

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
32 84%
Usually
4 11%
Sometimes
2 5%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 3%
Somewhat
2 5%
A little
10 26%
Not at all
25 66%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
1 3%
$50-99
7 18%
$25-49
4 11%
< $25
12 32%

Report created on November 21, 2009.