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What is Ketogenic diet?

The ketogenic diet, very high in fats and low in carbohydrates, is primarily used to treat difficult-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. The ketogenic diet is prescribed by a physician and carefully monitored by a dietitian.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Epilepsy 3 2 Efficacy_major
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 1 0
Seizures 1 1 Efficacy_major
Dysautonomia 1 1 Efficacy_major
Increase effect of another treatment 1 0

See all 5 patients currently using Ketogenic diet

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 1
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Ketogenic diet

Fatigue 1
Weight loss 1
Headaches 1
Muscle and joint pain 1
Hospitalization 1

Reported Dosages

  1 other daily 3.1 daily 4 other daily 24 hr daily 600 mg daily
  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 Using Ketogenic diet (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 25%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 25%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 25%
Other 1   Other: 25%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped using Ketogenic diet

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

Currently Using Ketogenic diet

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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

Stopped Using Ketogenic diet

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Ketogenic diet

Always
 3 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Ketogenic diet

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 2 67%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 1 33%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Ketogenic diet

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

Report created on May 28, 2012.