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What is Gluten Free Diet?

Gluten is a protein found in wheat. A gluten-free diet is recommended in the treatment of celiac disease and wheat allergy. It is a diet completely free of ingredients derived from gluten-containing cereals: wheat (including kamut and spelt), barley, rye, oats and triticale.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Celiac Disease 54 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 26 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Non-Celiac Gluten Intolerance 25 6 Efficacy_major
Fibromyalgia 15 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 14 5 Efficacy_major
Bowel irritability 13 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 159 patients currently using Gluten Free Diet

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 3
Moderate
 2
Mild
 5
None
 49

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Gluten Free Diet

Weight gain 1
Lack of motivation 1
Loose bowel movements 1
Cravings 1
can cause elavated blood sugars (lots of carbs) 1
Inconvenience 1
See all 8 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Gluten Free Diet (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 14   Did not seem to work: 45%
Other 12   Other: 39%
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 16%
Expense 4   Expense: 13%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 10%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 3%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 3%

See all 30 patients who’ve stopped using Gluten Free Diet

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

Currently Using Gluten Free Diet

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

Stopped Using Gluten Free Diet

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Gluten Free Diet

Always
 34 58%
Usually
 22 37%
Sometimes
 3 5%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Gluten Free Diet

Very
 15 25%
Somewhat
 25 42%
A little
 16 27%
Not at all
 3 5%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Gluten Free Diet

$200+
 6 19%
$100-199
 3 9%
$50-99
 10 31%
$25-49
 3 9%
< $25
 8 25%

Report created on May 27, 2012.