Zinc Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Chelated Zinc
See also: Calcium Magnesium and Vitamin D and Zinc, Magnesium and Zinc, Zinc Citrate
What is Zinc?
Zinc is an essential mineral involved in the immune system, wound healing, and DNA synthesis. It is available through food sources including oysters, animal proteins, beans, and nuts, as well as a nutritional supplement.
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Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General health | 47 |
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1 | ||||
| Other | 19 |
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4 | ||
| Slow my ALS progress | 15 | 0 | |||||
| Improve immune function | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Treat my HIV | 2 | 0 | |||||
| disease-related symptoms | 2 | 0 |
See all 93 patients currently taking Zinc
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Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Zinc. See all 32 dosages ►
| 200mg as needed | 25 mg as needed | 50mg as needed | daily | 2 mg every other week | 5 other monthly | 1 g daily | 1 intl units daily | 1 mg daily | 2 mg daily | 5 mg daily | 7 mg daily | 7.5 mg daily | 8 mg daily | 8.3 mg daily | 10 mg daily | 15 mg daily | 25 mg daily | 30 mg daily | 35 mg daily | 50 mcg daily | 50 mg daily | 60 mg daily | 75 mg daily | 90 mg daily | 100 mg daily | 110 mg daily | 125 mg daily | 200 mg daily | 220 mg daily | 238 mg daily | 500 mg daily | ||
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1
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1
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7
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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12
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3
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9
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1
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1
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25
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1
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2
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1
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7
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1
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1
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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13 | 46% |
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Other
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9 | 32% |
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Personal research
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3 | 11% |
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Course of treatment ended
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3 | 11% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 4% |
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Expense
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1 | 4% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 4% |
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Side effects too severe
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1 | 4% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Patient Evaluations
See all 5 patient evaluations
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- Nyrsaeans
- Sex: F
- Depression: 1
- Emotional: 1
- Compulsion: 2
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 3
- Physical: 2
- External Stress: Overwhelming
- 32 F
- Function: Moderate
- Distress: Moderate
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- Nyrsaeans
- 50 mg daily
- since Oct 02, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips none See full evaluation
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- aehmlhmrh
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: severe
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- aehmlhmrh
- 100 mg daily
- since May 30, 2007
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Other
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Side Effects
Moderate
- See full evaluation
See all 5 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.