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Avoid Caffeine Treatment Report
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| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| General health | 71 | 35% |
| Other | 25 | 12% |
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 24 | 12% |
| Anxiety | 13 | 6% |
| Slow my ALS progress | 7 | 3% |
| Support another treatment | 5 | 2% |
| High blood pressure (Hypertension) | 3 | 1% |
| Tremors | 3 | 1% |
| Depression | 3 | 1% |
| Headaches | 3 | 1% |
| Fasciculations | 2 | 1% |
| Don't know | 2 | 1% |
Other treatments patients are using for General health include Multivitamins, Omega 3 Fish Oil, and Vitamin C.
Duration
How long current patients have been using Avoid Caffeine or how long patients were using Avoid Caffeine before stopping.
Currently Using Avoid Caffeine
Stopped Using Avoid Caffeine
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 27 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 17% | 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 50% | 6 |
| Slight | 17% | 2 |
| Can't tell | 17% | 2 |
General health
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 4% | 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 7% | 2 |
| Mild | 19% | 5 |
| None | 70% | 19 |
Top reported side-effects include: Headaches, crankyness, Anxiety
Summary results are based on 27 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 27)
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- ProfessorBeeker
- Sex: M
- Depression: 1
- Emotional: 0
- Compulsion: 1
- Anxiety: 1
- Mania: 0
- Physical: 1
- External Stress: Moderate
- 29 M
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
- See profile
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by ProfessorBeeker
Sep 16, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
- Advice/Tips
- I stop drinking caffeine by 4:00 PM so it can flush through my system by bedtime. It can be very difficult to change your habits if you are used to drinking caffeine at any time of day.
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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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
- See profile
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by Nyrsaeans
Oct 02, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
- Advice/Tips
- none
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on November 07, 2009.