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What is Caltrate?

Brand name for products that provide calcium supplements alone. Some preparations contain supplemental Vitamin D and others have additional minerals.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 12 2 Efficacy_cant_tell
Osteopenia 3 0
Other 3 1 Efficacy_moderate
Bone strength 1 0
Osteoarthritis (OA) 1 0
Increase effect of another treatment 1 1 Efficacy_moderate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 4

Reported Dosages

  200 mg daily 400 daily 600 mg daily 800 mg daily 800 g daily 1,200 mg daily 1,800 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Caltrate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense 1   Expense: 25%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 25%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 25%
Other 1   Other: 25%

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

Currently Taking Caltrate

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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

Stopped Taking Caltrate

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Caltrate

Always
 2 50%
Usually
 1 25%
Sometimes
 1 25%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Caltrate

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Caltrate

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

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Report created on May 28, 2012.