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What is Omega 3-6-9 Fatty Acids?

Omega Fatty Acids include omega-3, an essential fatty acid (EFA) found in certain fish, walnuts, flaxseed and green leafy vegetables; omega-6, an EFA found in soybean oil, sunflower oil, canola oil and corn oil; and omega-9, a non-EFA found in animal fats and vegetable oils, most notably olive oil.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 9 0
Slow my ALS progress 5 0
general health 1 0
Other 1 0

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Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Omega 3-6-9 Fatty Acids. See all 12 dosages

  daily 2 mg daily 2 other daily 6 tbs. daily 150 mg daily 1000 mg daily 1200 mg daily 2000 mg daily 2400 mg daily 4000 mg daily 4800 mg daily 10800 mg daily
  5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Omega 3-6-9 Fatty Acids (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
2 67% Did not seem to work: 67%
Expense
1 33% Expense: 33%
Other
1 33% Other: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped taking Omega 3-6-9 Fatty Acids

Currently Taking Omega 3-6-9 Fatty Acids

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

Stopped Taking Omega 3-6-9 Fatty Acids

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
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
0 0%

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 21, 2009.