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Digestive Enzymes Treatment Report

What is Digestive Enzymes? A dietary supplement containing enzymes, designed to aid digestion and assimilation of proteins, fats and carbohydrates.


Reasons taken

45 patients in the community are taking or have taken Digestive Enzymes.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
General health 16 35%
Other 8 17%
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) 3 6%
Digestive problems 3 6%
GI problems 2 4%
Slow my ALS progress 2 4%
Bowel problems 2 4%
Constipation 1 2%
Bloating 1 2%
Lactose intolerance 1 2%

Other treatments patients are taking for General health include Multivitamins, Omega 3 Fish Oil, and Vitamin C.

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Digestive Enzymes.

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  10 mg all the time (24/7) 1other as needed 2other as needed 30IU as needed 390mg as needed daily 1 g daily 1 other daily 2 mcg daily 2 other daily 3 daily 3 other daily 4 daily 16 mg daily 20 mg daily 100 mg daily 300 mg daily 391 mg daily 400 mg daily 434 mg daily 500 mg daily 726 mg daily 750 mg daily 1000 mg daily 1050 mg daily 4500 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 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 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 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

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

Currently Taking Digestive Enzymes

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
1
6
4
10

Stopped Taking Digestive Enzymes

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
2
1
1
1
2
Why Patients Stopped Taking Digestive Enzymes (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 4 44% Other: 44%
Did not seem to work 2 22% Did not seem to work: 22%
Personal research 2 22% Personal research: 22%
Course of treatment ended 2 22% Course of treatment ended: 22%
Expense 1 11% Expense: 11%

Report created on November 08, 2009.