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What is Nutritional supplements? A dietary supplement, also known as food supplement or nutritional supplement, is a preparation intended to supply nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals, fatty acids or amino acids, that are missing or are not consumed in sufficient quantity in a person's diet. Some countries define dietary supplements as foods, while in others they are defined as drugs.


Reasons Taken

6 patients in the community are taking or have taken Nutritional supplements.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
General health 2 33%
Fatigue 1 16%
Slow my ALS progress 1 16%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Nutritional supplements.

  0 other none 1 other day 2 tps. day 500 mg day 500 mL day 8040 mg day
  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 Nutritional supplements or how long patients were taking Nutritional supplements before stopping.

Currently taking Nutritional supplements

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


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