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What is Drisdol?

Drisdol is a brand name product containing Vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol). Vitamin D is important for the absorption of calcium from the stomach and for the functioning of calcium in the body.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Vitamin D deficiency 12 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 2 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Support nutritional health 1 0
Other 1 0
Depressed mood 1 0
Bipolar Disorder 1 0

See all 21 patients currently taking Drisdol

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 3

Reported Dosages

  50,000 intl units monthly 50,000 intl units weekly 50,000 intl units weekly 4 x 50,000 intl units every other week 2 x 50,000 intl units weekly 50,000 intl units daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 12 Number of Patients: 12 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Drisdol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 50%
Other 1   Other: 25%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 25%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped taking Drisdol

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

Currently Taking Drisdol

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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 Drisdol

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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 Drisdol

Always
 3 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Drisdol

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 3 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Drisdol

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

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Report created on May 27, 2012.