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What is L-Glutamine?

The most abundant amino acid in the body, synthesized by most body tissues and absorbed from food sources. Glutamine supplements, available in capsules and powder formulations is said to improve brain function, stabilize blood sugar, improve muscle function, metabolism and wound healing.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 10 2 Efficacy_cant_tell
Support immune health 8 3 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Muscle pain 5 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Support digestive health 5 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 4 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Support nutritional health 2 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 11

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking L-Glutamine. See all 24 dosages ►

  500mg as needed 100 g daily 500 mg daily 500 g daily 6,000 mg weekly 1,000 mg daily 1,500 mg daily 3,000 mg daily 4,000 mg daily 50,000 g daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 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  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking L-Glutamine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 3   Doctor's advice: 27%
Other 3   Other: 27%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 18%
Expense 2   Expense: 18%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 9%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 9%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 9%

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

Currently Taking L-Glutamine

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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-Glutamine

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of L-Glutamine

Always
 7 58%
Usually
 5 42%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of L-Glutamine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 4 33%
Not at all
 8 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of L-Glutamine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 3 43%
< $25
 4 57%

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Report created on February 09, 2012.