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What is Low fodmap diet?

The ‘Low FODMAP’ diet restricts foods containing poorly absorbed sugars from the diet which are rapidly fermented by bacteria in the bowel drawing in fluid and produceing gas. This can cause a number of symptoms for those with a functional gut disorder, such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) 3 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Support weight loss 1 1 Efficacy_slight
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 1 1 Efficacy_slight

See all 3 patients currently using Low fodmap diet

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 2
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Low fodmap diet

Bowel urgency 1
Dry skin 1
Skin infections 1

Reported Schedules

  1 other daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Low fodmap diet (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 1   Other: 100%

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

Currently Using Low fodmap diet

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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

Stopped Using Low fodmap diet

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Low fodmap diet

Always
 1 33%
Usually
 2 67%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Low fodmap diet

Very
 1 33%
Somewhat
 2 67%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Low fodmap diet

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

Report created on May 28, 2012.