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Reasons Taken

6 patients in the community are taking or have taken Echinacea.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
General health 4 66%
Other 1 16%
Slow my ALS progress 1 16%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Echinacea.

  0 - day 0 mg day 200 mg day 350 mg day
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Echinacea or how long patients were taking Echinacea before stopping.

Currently taking Echinacea

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

Stopped taking Echinacea

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
1
0
0
Why Patients Stopped Taking Echinacea (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 1 100% Did not seem to work: 100%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 1 patient evaluation. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Moderate 100% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

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

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 1 individual response. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 1)

  • sauergirl
    Mouth/throat: mild
    Arms: severe
    Chest: none
    Legs: severe
  • sauergirl
  • by sauergirl
    Oct 02, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other

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