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SAMe Treatment Report

What is SAMe? S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAMe) is an amino acid. As a supplement it's use is promoted for depression, osteoarthritis, and cholestasis of pregnancy and intrahepatic cholestasis associated with liver disease.

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Reasons taken

47 patients in the community are taking or have taken SAMe.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Treat my mood condition(s) 14 29%
Depression 13 27%
Other 7 14%
General health 4 8%
Pain 2 4%
SAM-e (mood stabilizer) 1 2%
Mood 1 2%
Improve immune function 1 2%
Liver damage 1 2%

Other treatments patients are taking for Treat my mood condition(s) include Bupropion, Lamotrigine, and Venlafaxine.

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking SAMe.

Top 10 (Show all)

All (Show top 10)

  200mg as needed daily 2 mg daily 400 mg monthly 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 400 mg daily 600 mg daily 750 mg daily 800 mg daily 1600 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 4 Number of Patients: 4 12 Number of Patients: 12 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking SAMe or how long patients were taking SAMe before stopping.

Currently Taking SAMe

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
1
7
4
6
4

Stopped Taking SAMe

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
8
2
2
0
1
Why Patients Stopped Taking SAMe (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense 5 33% Expense: 33%
Did not seem to work 4 27% Did not seem to work: 27%
Other 3 20% Other: 20%
Side effects too severe 2 13% Side effects too severe: 13%
Not indicated 2 13% Not indicated: 13%
Doctor's advice 1 7% Doctor's advice: 7%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 7 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Moderate 60% 3
Can't tell 40% 2

Treat my mood condition(s)

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 29% 2
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 14% 1
None 57% 4

Top reported side-effects include: Stomach pain, Headaches, Insomnia

Summary results are based on 7 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 7)

  • lolliegaginde
    Sex: F
    Depression: 0
    Emotional: 0
    Compulsion: 1
    Anxiety: 0
    Mania: 1
    Physical: 0
    External Stress: Low
    25 F
    Function: High
    Distress: Low
    See profile
  • lolliegaginde
  • by lolliegaginde
    Aug 06, 2008
  • EfficacyCan't tell
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Treat my mood condition(s)

  • avaquaint
    Sex: F
    Depression: 0
    Emotional: 0
    Compulsion: 0
    Anxiety: 1
    Mania: 0
    Physical: 0
    External Stress: Moderate
    20 F
    Function: High
    Distress: Low
    See profile
  • avaquaint
  • by avaquaint
    Nov 22, 2008
  • EfficacyCan't tell
  • Side-effectsSevere
  • Treat my mood condition(s)

See all evaluation results for SAMe

Report created on November 08, 2009.