Fortisip Treatment Report

Category: Nutrition/Diets

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What is Fortisip?

An example of Fortisip

Fortisip is a therapeutic food in a ready-made milkshake meant for consumption by people who cannot consume enough solid food to maintain a balanced diet; when appetite is poor and nutritional requirements are not being met through ordinary food, many people find it easier to drink than to eat.

Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Support weight gain 2 1 Efficacy_moderate
Weight gain 1 1 Efficacy_slight
General health 1 1 Efficacy_moderate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0
Moderate
0
Mild
0
None
3

Reported Schedules

  200mg as needed 200 mL daily 400 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Fortisip (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 50%
Other 1   Other: 50%

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Stopped Using Fortisip

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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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Fortisip

Always
2 67%
Usually
1 33%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Fortisip

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Fortisip

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

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2 patient evaluations for Fortisip

Purpose: Other (Started Jan 27, 2009)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
May 25, 2010 200 mL Daily ?Can't tell NoneNoneNoneNoneNone UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
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Purpose: General health (Started Jun 19, 2009)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Sep 18, 2009 400 mg Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Date
Sep 18, 2009
Advice & Tips
Fortisip is great for maintaining my weight, and I get all the vitamins and nutrients I need daily, apart from ALS I am in very good health, for me it is a +++. In New Zealand we get this on perscription at no cost.
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