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The Otsuka Patient Education Network (OPEN) is a collection of online resources dedicated to providing firsthand perspectives and insights from those living with certain diseases and disorders.

Every individual's health experience can be different. On this website, participants have shared their personal experiences. Individual experiences may vary.

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Kidney Disease
Caring for Someone with PKD: Our Family’s Healthy Lifestyle

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Caring for Someone with PKD: Our Family’s Healthy Lifestyle

How a PKD family can be supportive by example.

Bipolar Disorder
Mental Health and Whole Wellness

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Mental Health and Whole Wellness

Feeling healthy - both mentally and physically - is a different journey for everyone.
Depression
what is depression

Length: 2:33

What is Depression?

Depression isn’t just about feeling down – it’s a very real illness that affects the brain.

Alzheimer’s Disease
Navigating My Husband's Alzheimer's Disease

Length: 5:49

Navigating My Husband's Alzheimer's Disease

Mary Catherine was comforted by her husband's Alzheimer's disease diagnosis, because it explained his changing behavior. Now, as the disease progresses, she supports him with patience, compassion, and management of their day-to-day responsibilities, looking only as far into the future as needed.

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Kidney Disease

Chef Duane Sunwold shares the importance of prioritizing nutrition for kidney health

Nobody could have prepared me for the life-changing diagnosis I received 20 years ago. Kidney diseases, including my diagnoses of minimal change disease (MCD) and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), do not run in my family. Like many newly diagnosed patients, I worked closely with my medical team on strategies to help manage my condition. After exploring various treatments for 18 months, we discussed how dietary changes could benefit my kidney health.

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Kidney Disease

Navigating Nutrients: Helpful vs Harmful Potassium

Many of my favorite foods just so happen to be among the highest potassium foods you can eat: ripe bananas; sweet potatoes that are perfectly slow-baked until their inside melts like butter and tastes like honey; butternut squash soups of any variety; and just-ripened avocados, whether they’re sliced up in a sandwich, chopped into a salad or crushed into guacamole.
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Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimers Q&A: Delirium

Delirium is when an individual experiences sudden confusion or change in mental status, oftentimes acting disoriented or distracted.
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Mental Health

Work Can Wait. Your Mental Health Can't

Deciding to take time off of work isn't easy. Taking a leave of absence for mental health reasons is even harder.
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Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer's Q&A

It can be difficult to discern when or how to reveal your Alzheimer's diagnosis to close family members. It might be helpful to write your thoughts down before talking with anyone.
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Kidney Disease

Vaccinating Dialysis Patients and Healthcare Personnel

COVID-19 vaccines are effective at protecting people from getting sick. By allocating vaccines for outpatient dialysis patients and the healthcare personnel who care for them in your jurisdiction, you can protect patients who are at high risk, disproportionately affected by COVID-19, or might suffer severe consequences if infected.
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OPEN is sponsored by Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. The information provided by the OPEN website is intended for educational benefit only, and does not represent scientific fact or medical advice. Speak with a health care professional about your or your loved one's symptoms and illnesses to determine diagnosis and appropriate treatment options.

Every individual's health experience can be different. On this website, participants have shared their personal experiences. Individual experiences may vary.

Participants on the OPEN website may have received reimbursement from Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, inc. for their participation.

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