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What is Metamucil Wafers?

Brand name antidiarrheal product, Metamucil® Wafers contains soya lecithin, wheat, sodium 20 mg, and potassium 60 mg per 2 wafers; provides dietary fiber 6 g and soluble fiber 3 g per 2 wafers; apple and cinnamon spice flavors.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Bowel problems 2 1 Efficacy_major
General health 1 0
Other 1 0

See all 4 patients currently taking Metamucil Wafers

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

Reported Dosages

  0.25 other daily 2 other daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Metamucil Wafers (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Metamucil Wafers

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

Currently Taking Metamucil Wafers

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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
0

Stopped Taking Metamucil Wafers

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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
0

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Metamucil Wafers

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

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Metamucil Wafers

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Metamucil Wafers

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

Report created on February 12, 2012.