What is No treatments?

An example of No treatments

Use this to fill in portions of time when you were not taking any treatment or therapy for your condition or symptoms. By explicitly selecting this 'treatment' you can help yourself and others understand whether 'no treatment' had any effect on your outcomes.

Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 10 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 7 0
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) 5 0
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) 2 0
Sore throat (Pharyngitis) 1 0
Night blindness 1 0

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Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using No treatments (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 10   Did not seem to work: 31%
Doctor's advice 9   Doctor's advice: 28%
Other 7   Other: 22%
Not indicated 4   Not indicated: 13%
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 9%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 9%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Expense 1   Expense: 3%

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Currently Using No treatments

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Stopped Using No treatments

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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of No treatments

Always
8 67%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
1 8%
Never
3 25%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of No treatments

Very
3 25%
Somewhat
1 8%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
8 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of No treatments

$200+
1 13%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 13%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
6 75%

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2 patient evaluations for No treatments

Purpose: General health (Started Dec 26, 1997)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Nov 24, 2009 ?Can't tell NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Date
Nov 24, 2009
Advice & Tips
I chose to go untreated for 12 years based on the advice of my "second opinion" neuro. After living blissfully ignorant for 12 years, and just "accepting" the flairs as they came and went, finally realized I need to do something about it and sought out a new neuro who was willing to actually treat me. My course of non-treatment ended when I started Copaxone 11/24/09. However, I do believe that non-treatment was what was best for me at the time. Maybe not physically, but emotionally. There really is something to being told what you "want" to hear at the time.
Cost
< $25 monthly
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Purpose: Treat my mood condition(s) (Started Dec 20, 2002)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jun 17, 2006 Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Side effects:
Mania
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