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What is Wheat Grass?

Wheat Grass is a plant with fibrous leaves that are difficult to digest. Generally the juice from the leaves is extracted and consumed raw and is often described as "blended shots". It is a natural source of vitamins and minerals. Some components may have antioxidant effects.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 3 0
Support nutritional health 2 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 2 0
Other 1 1 Efficacy_moderate
Helps Keep me regular, provides a serving of greens 1 1 Efficacy_slight
Immune system weak 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 3

Reported Dosages

  1 tbs. daily 1 tps. daily 2 other daily 2 tbs. daily 8 g daily 500 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 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 Wheat Grass (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 3   Other: 50%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 33%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 17%

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

Currently Taking Wheat Grass

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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

Stopped Taking Wheat Grass

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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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Wheat Grass

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 3 100%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Wheat Grass

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Wheat Grass

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

Report created on May 23, 2012.