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What is Honey?

Honey is a sweet aliment produced by honey bees and derived from the nectar of flowers. Honey is a mixture of sugars and other compounds and contains trace amounts of several vitamins and minerals.

Reasons used & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons used
# of patients Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
General health 6 0
ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 2 0
Other 1 0

See all 5 patients currently using Honey

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Schedules

  1 tbs. daily 4 tbs. daily 10 mg daily 30 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Honey (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
3 100% Other: 100%
Not indicated
1 33% Not indicated: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped using Honey

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Using Honey

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

Stopped Using Honey

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
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 March 21, 2010.