Iodine Report for Patients Like You

What is Iodine?

An example of Iodine

Iodine is an essential trace element which forms part of the thyroid hormones thyroxine and triiodotyronine.

Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
			Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose	# of patients	# of patients with evaluations	Major	Moderate	Slight	None	Can’t tell
Hypothyroidism	7	2
General health	5	2
Thyroid disorder	2	1
Support immune health	2	0
Iodine deficiency	1	1
Semen production decreased	1	0

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See all 26 patients currently taking Iodine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe	0
Moderate	2
Mild	1
None	6

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Iodine

Anxious mood	1	1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Iodine. See all 17 dosages ►

6.25 mg daily	12.5 mg daily	18.75 mg daily	25 mg daily	37.5 mg daily	50 mg daily	100 mcg daily	150 mcg daily	200 mg daily	225 mcg daily
2	5	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Iodine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work	3
Course of treatment ended	3
Expense	1
Personal research	1
Side effects too severe	1

See all 8 patients who’ve stopped taking Iodine

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Currently Taking Iodine

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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	2	2	1	4

Stopped Taking Iodine

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0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
0	2	2	1	2	0

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Iodine

Always	3	33%
Usually	4	44%
Sometimes	1	11%
Never	1	11%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Iodine

Very	0	0%
Somewhat	0	0%
A little	3	33%
Not at all	6	67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Iodine

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

**Purpose:** thyriod *(Started Oct 10, 2009)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Feb 10, 2010	325 mg Daily	?Can't tell	None	Usually	Not at all

Purpose: thyriod (Started Oct 10, 2009)

Date

Dosage

Perceived effectiveness

Side Effects

Adherence

Burden

Feb 10, 2010

325 mg Daily

?Can't tell

None

Usually

Not at all

Interactions

Other Names

iodine

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