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What is SAMe?

S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAMe) is an amino acid. As a supplement it's use is promoted for depression, osteoarthritis, and cholestasis of pregnancy and intrahepatic cholestasis associated with liver disease.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 3 0
Other 2 0
Depression 1 0

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Dosages

  1.2 g daily 750 mg daily 800 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking SAMe (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Not indicated
2 50% Not indicated: 50%
Expense
1 25% Expense: 25%
Other
1 25% Other: 25%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped taking SAMe

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking SAMe

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

Stopped Taking SAMe

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

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 23, 2009.