What is Baking Soda?

Category: Complementary and Alternative Medicines

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Baking Soda, a common cooking ingredient, is sometimes used by patients to keep an alkaline balance in the body. This is done out of the belief that an acidic environment promotes disease and illness. Baking soda can be dissolved in tea or non-acidic juice.

Reported purpose & perceived effectiveness
Purpose Patients Evaluations Perceived Effectiveness
Constipation 1 1
Joint pain 1 1
Joint swelling 1 1
Lipoma(s) 1 1
Lung cancer 1 0
Nausea 1 0

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  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell

Side effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Side effects as an overall problem
Severity Evaluations Percentage
Severe 0
Moderate 0
Mild 0
None 4

Commonly reported side effects and conditions associated with Baking Soda

Side effect Patients Percentage

Why patients stopped taking Baking Soda

Multiple reasons could be selected

Reason Patients Percentage
Did not seem to work 1
See all 2 patients who've stopped using Baking Soda

Duration

Stopped using Baking Soda

Duration Patients Percentage
Less than 1 month 1
1 - 2 years 1
Adherence
Adherence Evaluations Percentage
Always 1
Usually 1
Sometimes 2
Never taken as prescribed 0
Burden
Burden Evaluations Percentage
Very hard to take 1
Somewhat hard to take 0
A little hard to take 1
Not at all hard to take 2
Cost per month
Cost per month Evaluations Percentage
$200+ 0
$100-199 0
$50-99 0
$25-49 0
< $25 2
Not specified 2
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1 patient evaluation for Baking Soda

Sep 2, 2015 (Started Aug 20, 2015)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for lipoma(s))
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 2 tsp. Three times daily
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Cost: < $25 monthly

  • 2 helpful marks
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