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What is Garlic?

Garlic, a species in the onion family Alliaceae, is used as a spice and for medicinal purposes it is used to treat hyperlipidemia, hypertension, atherosclerosis, cancer, and infections. In addition to raw garlic extract there are oral preparations available in pill form.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 18 0
Slow my ALS progress 7 0
Other 5 1
Cholesterol high 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 100%

Dosages

  daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 416 mg daily 500 mg daily 900 mg daily 960 mg daily 1000 mg daily 2000 mg daily 3600 mg daily
  14 Number of Patients: 14 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 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Garlic (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
6 55% Other: 55%
Did not seem to work
5 45% Did not seem to work: 45%

See all 11 patients who’ve stopped taking Garlic

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Garlic

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
2
0
0
2
7

Stopped Taking Garlic

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
5
2
2
1

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 100%
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
1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

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Report created on November 22, 2009.