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What is Gum Chewing?
Gum chewing can stimulate the flow of saliva in the mouth helping to improve the act of swallowing.
Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness
| Perceived Effectiveness | |||||||
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| Purpose | # of patients | # of patients with evaluations | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
| Dry mouth (xerostomia) | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Swallowing difficulty (dysphagia) | 2 | 0 | |||||
| General health | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Dry throat | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Anxious mood | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Excess saliva | 1 | 0 | |||||
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Reported Side Effects
Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Gum Chewing
| TMJ (Temporomandibular joint) pain | 1 |
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Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼
Currently Using Gum Chewing
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Adherence
Taking treatment as prescribed
Adherence of Gum Chewing
Always |
0 | 0% |
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Usually |
1 | 100% |
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Sometimes |
0 | 0% |
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Never |
0 | 0% |
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Burden
Difficulty being on treatment
Burden of Gum Chewing
Very |
0 | 0% |
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Somewhat |
0 | 0% |
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A little |
1 | 100% |
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Not at all |
0 | 0% |
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Cost
Paid out of pocket
Cost of Gum Chewing
$200+ |
0 | 0% |
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$100-199 |
0 | 0% |
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$50-99 |
0 | 0% |
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$25-49 |
0 | 0% |
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< $25 |
1 | 100% |
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