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Flaxseed Treatment Report
What is Flaxseed? Flax seeds contain high levels of lignans and Omega-3 fatty acids. Lignans may benefit the heart, possess anti-cancer properties and studies performed on mice found reduced growth in specific types of tumors.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| General health | 41 | 35% |
| Other | 12 | 10% |
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) | 7 | 6% |
| Bowel problems | 6 | 5% |
| Support another treatment | 5 | 4% |
| Slow my MS progress | 5 | 4% |
| Constipation | 4 | 3% |
| Don't know | 2 | 1% |
| Cholesterol high | 1 | <1% |
| health | 1 | <1% |
Other treatments patients are taking for General health include Multivitamins, Omega 3 Fish Oil, and Vitamin C.
| 1mg as needed | 1other as needed | 5g as needed | daily | 1 other weekly | 1 tbs. weekly | 1 tps. weekly | 1 g daily | 1 intl units daily | 1 mg daily | 1 other daily | 1 tbs. daily | 1 tps. daily | 2 g daily | 2 mg daily | 2 tbs. daily | 2 tps. daily | 3 tbs. daily | 4 tbs. daily | 4 tps. daily | 5 mg daily | 5 tbs. daily | 6 other daily | 15 g daily | 50 mg daily | 100 mg daily | 200 mg daily | 300 mg daily | 400 mg daily | 1000 mg daily | 1200 mg daily | 1500 mg daily | 1800 mg daily | 2000 mg daily | 2400 mg daily | 3000 mg daily | 5000 mg daily | ||
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Duration
How long current patients have been taking Flaxseed or how long patients were taking Flaxseed before stopping.
Currently Taking Flaxseed
Stopped Taking Flaxseed
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 15 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 57% | 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Can't tell | 43% | 3 |
General health
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 100% | 15 |
Summary results are based on 15 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 15)
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- itsnotmummy
- Sex: F
- Pain: Some
- Fatigue: Most
- Sleep: Little
- Stiffness: All
- function: Little
- external_stress: Some
- Stickman: most
- Description:F50y
- FM:6y Dx
- See profile
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by itsnotmummy
Dec 07, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Advice/Tips
- helped with regularity and colestoral
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- AnnieOakley
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: mild
- See profile
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by AnnieOakley
Jan 25, 2009
- EfficacyCan't tell
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on November 07, 2009.