Select a community
All Communities
Home > Community Treatment Reports > Tryptophan Treatment Report
What is Tryptophan?

Tryptophan (l-tryptophan) is a found in most protein-based foods or dietary proteins. It is particularly plentiful in chocolate, oats, bananas, mangoes, dried dates, milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, red meat, eggs, fish, poultry, sesame, chickpeas, sunflower seeds, spirulina, and peanuts.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Other 4 1
Sleeplessness 2 1
Burning sensation, skin 1 0
Depression 1 0
Anxiety 1 0
Sleep deprivation 1 0

Mouse over the table for more information

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
2 100%

Dosages

  1 g daily 3 g daily 200 mg daily 360 mg daily 500 mg daily 666 mg daily 1000 mg daily 3000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 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  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Tryptophan (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
3 75% Other: 75%
Doctor's advice
2 50% Doctor's advice: 50%
Did not seem to work
1 25% Did not seem to work: 25%
Side effects too severe
1 25% Side effects too severe: 25%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped taking Tryptophan

Currently Taking Tryptophan

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

Stopped Taking Tryptophan

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
2 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Report created on November 23, 2009.