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What is Vitex agnus-castus?

Vitex agnus-castus is the Latin name for the herb also commonly called Monks Pepper, chasteberry and vitex. It acts as a stimulate for the pituitary gland to produce more progesterone and less prolactin. It does not contain hormones, but only stimulates the pituitary gland.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Menstruation (period) 2 1 Efficacy_major
General health 2 1 Efficacy_moderate
Other 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 1

Reported Dosages

  800 mg daily 1,000 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitex agnus-castus (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 1   Other: 100%

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

Currently Taking Vitex agnus-castus

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

Stopped Taking Vitex agnus-castus

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Vitex agnus-castus

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 1 50%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 50%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Vitex agnus-castus

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 2 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Vitex agnus-castus

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 100%

Report created on February 11, 2012.