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What is Breath Stacking?

Breath stacking refers to methods to increase the amount of air you get into your lungs; increasing what is technically called the inspiratory capacity. It is one small breath upon another to increase the inspired volume (increase the inflation of the lungs).

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 10 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 8 2 Efficacy_moderate
General health 1 0
Prevent infection 1 0

See all 14 patients currently going to Breath Stacking

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 5

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently going to Breath Stacking. See all 13 dosages ►

  daily 2 daily 3 other daily 3 daily 5 min daily 5 other daily 9 min daily 10 daily 15 min daily 30 min daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Going to Breath Stacking (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 3   Other: 75%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 25%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped going to Breath Stacking

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

Currently Going to Breath Stacking

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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

Stopped Going to Breath Stacking

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Breath Stacking

Always
 1 17%
Usually
 3 50%
Sometimes
 2 33%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Breath Stacking

Very
 1 17%
Somewhat
 1 17%
A little
 2 33%
Not at all
 2 33%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Breath Stacking

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 4 100%

Report created on May 28, 2012.