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Brand Names:
2 Cats, 2 cats, 2 dogs, and fish, 2 dogs and 2 cats, 2 Mini Dachshunds, 2 Short Haired Persians/Exotic, 3 dogs, 2 sugar glider, 2 birds, and 1 kitten, 3 small dogs, 4 Cats and Fish, 4 krazy kitties, 5 cats, 2 rats, 6 cats, Cat, Cat and dog, Cats, Cats, dogs, fish, chickens and ducks, Chihuahua, Dog and 2 Sugar Gliders, Dogs and Cats, Golden Retreiver/collie, Military Macaw, Green aguana, my son's Ball Python, Golden Retriever and three cats, Guinea pig, Iguanas, and/or dogs, Jack Russell Terrier named Six, 2 Ring-neck Doves, new puppy, Kitten, Maltese, Welsh Corgi
See also:
Dogs
What is Pets?
Researchers are finding that pets truly have the power to heal and support their owners, especially at times of stress and illness. Pets provide company and can help with the feeling of loneliness, sadness, pain and fear.
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Reasons Taken
148 patients in the community are taking or have taken Pets.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| General health | 48 | 32% |
| Other | 40 | 27% |
| Depression | 12 | 8% |
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 12 | 8% |
| Loneliness | 9 | 6% |
| Don't know | 3 | 2% |
| Support another treatment | 2 | 1% |
| Slow my MS progress | 2 | 1% |
| Hopelessness | 1 | <1% |
| 0 mg day | 0 other day | 0 day | 0 g none | 0 hr none | 0 mg none | 0 other none | 0 none | 0 week | 0.00548 other year | 1 hr day | 1 mg day | 1 other day | 1 transplant day | 2 hr day | 2 mg day | 2 other day | 2 day | 3 hr day | 3 other day | 3 day | 4 other day | 5 other day | 6 hr day | 7 other day | 8 hr day | 10 hr day | 14 other day | 23 hr day | 24 hr day | 30 mg day | 60 min day | 80 mg day | 100 hr day | 100 mg day | 100 other day | 200 g day | 300 min day | 1200 g day | 2000 g day | 10000 mg day | ||
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Duration
How long current patients have been taking Pets or how long patients were taking Pets before stopping.
Currently taking Pets
Stopped taking Pets
| 0-1 month | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6 months-1year | 1-2 years | 2 years or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Did not seem to work | 1 | 100% |  |
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 23 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 67% | 6 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 33% | 3 |
General health
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 13% | 3 |
| Mild | 17% | 4 |
| None | 70% | 16 |
Top reported side-effects include: hair on furniture lol, pet allergies, Asthma
Summary results are based on 23 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 23)
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- fragiletruth
- Depression: 1
- Emotional: 1
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 1
- Mania: 0
- Physical: 1
- External Stress: Severe
- 23 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
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by fragiletruth
Aug 18, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
- Advice/Tips
- Take good care of your cats, and they will delight you for years.
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- GoodTimes
- Depression: 0
- Emotional: 1
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 0
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 0
- External Stress: None
- 37 M
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
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by GoodTimes
Aug 18, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsModerate
- Don't know
- Advice/Tips
- Buy a lot of hair rollers and a Dyson vacuum cleaner
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks