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What is Metamucil?

Metamucil® is a brand name for psyllium, an antidiarrheal laxative. It is used as a dietary fiber supplement; for the treatment of occasional constipation; and to reduce risk of coronary heart disease. Off label it is used for irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Bowel problems 10 1
General health 4 0
Slow my MS progress 1 0
Constipation 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 100%

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Metamucil. See all 11 dosages

  5 500mg as needed daily 1 tps. daily 1.5 tps. daily 2 tbs. daily 2 tps. daily 3 tps. daily 3.4 g/11 g daily 3.4 g/5.2 g daily 3.4 g/7 g daily 2500 mg daily
  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 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

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

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Metamucil

Currently Taking Metamucil

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
3
3
4

Stopped Taking Metamucil

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

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

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$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 November 23, 2009.