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What is Extra Virgin Olive Oil?

Recent studies have suggested that extra virgin olive oil contains naturally occurring phenolic antioxidants including simple phenols, flavonoids and lignans.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 3 1 Efficacy_none
General health 3 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Improve mobility 2 0
Improve swallowing 1 0
Other 1 0
Support nutritional health 1 0

See all 9 patients currently taking Extra Virgin Olive Oil

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

Reported Dosages

  2tbs. as needed 6 tbs. weekly 1 tps. daily 1 tbs. daily 2 tbs. daily 3 tbs. daily 4 tbs. daily 25 g daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Extra Virgin Olive Oil (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 100%
Other 1   Other: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Extra Virgin Olive Oil

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

Stopped Taking Extra Virgin Olive Oil

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 1 100%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 100%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

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

Report created on February 12, 2012.