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What is L-Ornithine?

L-Ornithine is an Amino Acid which is not incorporated into proteins. The main function L-Ornithine is that it aids detoxification of the body and supports growth hormone in children.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
muscle tone 1 0
General health 1 0
Fasciculations 1 1 Efficacy_moderate
Excess ammonia smelling discharge 1 0
Insomnia 1 0

See all 6 patients currently taking L-Ornithine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 0

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with L-Ornithine

Diarrhea 1

Reported Dosages

  2,000mg as needed 1 tps. daily 2 daily 500 mg daily 1,500 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking L-Ornithine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 100%

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

Currently Taking L-Ornithine

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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 L-Ornithine

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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
0

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of L-Ornithine

Always
 1 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of L-Ornithine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 100%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of L-Ornithine

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

Report created on May 24, 2012.