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What is Green Tea?

Green tea is a traditional drink in many parts of the world which consists of water brewed with the leaves of the Camellia sinensis ("tea plant") that has undergone minimal oxidation or processing. In contrast to black tea, green tea contains less caffeine.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 39 2
Slow my ALS progress 14 0
Other 4 0
Fatigue 2 0
disease-related symptoms 1 0
Don't know 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
2 100%

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Green Tea. See all 28 dosages

  1 other all the time (24/7) 200ml as needed as needed daily ml as needed 1 L weekly 0.3 L daily 1 L daily 1 mL daily 1 other daily 2 mL daily 2 other daily 3 tps. daily 4 mL daily 25 mL daily 100 mL daily 120 mL daily 200 mg daily 250 mL daily 300 mL daily 400 mL daily 500 mL daily 600 mL daily 650 mL daily 725 mL daily 1000 mL daily 1200 mL daily 1500 mL daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 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 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Green Tea (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
8 62% Did not seem to work: 62%
Other
2 15% Other: 15%
Personal research
1 8% Personal research: 8%
Side effects too severe
1 8% Side effects too severe: 8%

See all 12 patients who’ve stopped taking Green Tea

Currently Taking Green Tea

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
4
4
8

Stopped Taking Green Tea

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
4
0
6
1
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
1 50%
Never
1 50%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
2 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 50%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.