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What is Probiotics?
Dietary supplement containing bacteria or yeast. Probiotics are live microorganisms (in most cases, bacteria) that are similar to beneficial microorganisms found in the human gut.
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Reasons Taken
41 patients in the community are taking or have taken Probiotics.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| General health | 21 | 51% |
| Other | 7 | 17% |
| Constipation | 3 | 7% |
| Bowel problems | 3 | 7% |
| Slow my ALS progress | 2 | 4% |
| Slow my MS progress | 1 | 2% |
| Support another treatment | 1 | 2% |
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Probiotics or how long patients were taking Probiotics before stopping.
Currently taking Probiotics
Stopped taking Probiotics
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 1 patient evaluation. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 100% | 1 |
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Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 100% | 1 |
Summary results are based on 1 individual response. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 1)
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- jmscout
- Sensation: None
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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by jmscout
Sep 20, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
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