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What is Cranberry Softgels?

In traditional North American herbalism, cranberry has been used to prevent kidney stones as well as to remove toxins from the blood. Cranberry has long been used by herbalists to help prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs).

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Bladder problems 45 6
General health 10 1
Other 5 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
7 100%

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Cranberry Softgels. See all 20 dosages

  140mg as needed - as needed daily 4 other daily 5 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 250 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily 600 mg daily 700 mg daily 900 mg daily 1000 mg daily 1680 mg daily 3000 mg daily 3360 mg daily 6000 mg daily 6720 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 28 Number of Patients: 28 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

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

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped taking Cranberry Softgels

Currently Taking Cranberry Softgels

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
2
0
5
11
11

Stopped Taking Cranberry Softgels

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
3 43%
Usually
3 43%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
1 14%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
1 14%
Not at all
6 86%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
4 57%

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Report created on November 23, 2009.