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What is ThermaCare Heatwraps?

ThermaCare® Heat Wraps provides continuous heat to treat minor arthritis, muscle, joint, and menstrual pain.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Neck pain 12 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Fibromyalsia pain 5 0
Pain in shoulders 4 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Pain 4 1 Efficacy_major
Muscle and joint pain 3 1 Efficacy_moderate
Muscle pain 3 0

See all 22 patients currently using ThermaCare Heatwraps

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 7

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with ThermaCare Heatwraps

Multiple Sclerosis symptoms increased 1

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently using ThermaCare Heatwraps. See all 11 dosages ►

  1 other as needed 1other as needed 2other as needed 30minutes as needed 1hours as needed 8hours as needed 2 other monthly 1 other weekly 2 other weekly 1 other daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 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 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 50%
Expense 1   Expense: 25%
Other 1   Other: 25%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped using ThermaCare Heatwraps

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

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using ThermaCare Heatwraps

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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

How Long Patients Used Before Stopping

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of ThermaCare Heatwraps

Always
 2 25%
Usually
 1 13%
Sometimes
 5 63%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of ThermaCare Heatwraps

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 3 38%
A little
 2 25%
Not at all
 3 38%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of ThermaCare Heatwraps

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 14%
$25-49
 1 14%
< $25
 5 71%

Report created on May 28, 2012.