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What is Chlorella?

Chlorella is a form of unicellular Green Algae found in still, fresh water; or soil, or bark of trees.

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 3 0
General health 2 0
Other 2 0
chelation of mercury & heavy metals from cells. Pattern: 4 days 3*30 Chlorella Pyr. 250mg tablets, 3 days 3*15 1 0
Support another treatment 1 0

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Dosages

  daily 1 tbs. daily 11.25 g daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Chlorella (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
2 33% Other: 33%
Did not seem to work
1 17% Did not seem to work: 17%
Personal research
1 17% Personal research: 17%
Course of treatment ended
1 17% Course of treatment ended: 17%
Not indicated
1 17% Not indicated: 17%

See all 5 patients who’ve stopped taking Chlorella

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Chlorella

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

Stopped Taking Chlorella

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

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%

Report created on November 22, 2009.