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What is Alpha Lipoic Acid?

Alpha Lipoic Acid, also known as Lipoic and Thioctic acid, is an antioxidant that has been used in the treatment of Vitamin C or E deficiency.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Slow my ALS progress 71 3
General health 41 2
Other 11 0
disease-related symptoms 5 0
Fatigue 3 0
Don't know 2 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
5 100%

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Alpha Lipoic Acid. See all 22 dosages ►

  daily daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily daily daily 200 mg daily daily daily 300 mg daily daily 400 mg daily daily daily 600 mg daily daily daily daily daily daily daily daily
  42 Number of Patients: 42 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 10 Number of Patients: 10 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 11 Number of Patients: 11 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 7 Number of Patients: 7 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Alpha Lipoic Acid (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
19 43% Did not seem to work: 43%
Other
15 34% Other: 34%
Expense
8 18% Expense: 18%
Not indicated
5 11% Not indicated: 11%
Personal research
2 5% Personal research: 5%
Doctor's advice
1 2% Doctor's advice: 2%

See all 43 patients who’ve stopped taking Alpha Lipoic Acid

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Alpha Lipoic Acid

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
4
3
16
17
24

Stopped Taking Alpha Lipoic Acid

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
9
15
9
9

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
4 80%
Usually
1 20%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 20%
A little
1 20%
Not at all
3 60%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
2 40%
< $25
2 40%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.