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What is Arnica Montana?

Arnica montana is sometimes grown in herb gardens and has long been used medicinally. The roots contain derivatives of thymol, which are used as fungicides and preservatives and may have some anti-inflammatory effect.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 4 0
Muscle pain 2 1 Efficacy_moderate
Bruising 1 1 Efficacy_major
self evaluation 1 0
Muscle and joint pain 1 0
Stiffness/Spasticity 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 4

Reported Dosages

  1mg as needed daily as needed 2 mg daily 2 units daily 5 g daily 8 other daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 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 Taking Arnica Montana (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 60%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 20%
Other 1   Other: 20%

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

Currently Taking Arnica Montana

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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

Stopped Taking Arnica Montana

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Arnica Montana

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 3 75%
Sometimes
 1 25%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Arnica Montana

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 4 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Arnica Montana

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 3 100%

Report created on May 22, 2012.