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What is Caphosol?

Caphosol is an artificial saliva in the form of a mouth rinse that is used to relieve dry mouth and/or throat. It is also used an adjunct to standard oral care in relief of symptoms associated with chemotherapy or radiation therapy-induced mucositis.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 1 1 Efficacy_slight
Sjogren's Syndrome 1 1 Efficacy_slight

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Caphosol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense 1   Expense: 100%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Caphosol

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

Stopped Taking Caphosol

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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 Caphosol

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

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Caphosol

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Caphosol

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

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Report created on May 28, 2012.