Table 3.

Nonprescription health care products purchased prior to ovarian cancer diagnosis and the time taken to see if they would work.

				Values, n (%)
Time waited to see if health care products work
	Abdominal products (n=44)
		Two weeks or longer	20 (45)
		A month or longer	15 (34)
	Vitamins/supplements (n=20)
		A month or longer	17 (85)
		Longer than a month	12 (60)
Products did not work or only worked for a few hours
	Pain relief (n=38)			27 (71)
	Abdominal products (n=44)			30 (68)
	Vitamins/supplements (n=20)			14 (70)