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What is Cranberry Supplements?

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 21 3
General health 7 0
Other 7 1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
4 100%

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Cranberry Supplements. See all 19 dosages ►

  2 - as needed - as needed daily 1 cap(s) daily 2 cap(s) daily 2.8 g daily 100 mg daily 400 cap(s) daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily 600 mg daily 800 mg daily 925 mg daily 1000 mg daily 1132 mg daily 1680 mg daily 2000 mg daily 2400 mg daily 3000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 19 Number of Patients: 19 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 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 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  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Cranberry Supplements (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense
1 100% Expense: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Cranberry Supplements

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Cranberry Supplements

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
1
4
10
8

Stopped Taking Cranberry Supplements

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
3 75%
Usually
1 25%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
4 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
3 75%

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Report created on November 23, 2009.