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Brand Names: Arizona green tea w/honey, Celestial Seasonings, Chinese Special Gunpowder Thé Vert, Green Tea Extract, Green Tea w/Pomegranate, Japanese, Lipton decaf, Sencha Green Tea , Yogi Teas
See also: Green Tea Capsules, Green Tea Extract, Green Tea Extract

What is Green Tea? Green tea is a traditional drink in many parts of the world which consists of water brewed with the levaes of the Camellia sinensis ("tea plant") that has undergone minimal oxidisation or processing. In contrast to black tea, green tea contains less caffeine. Read more...Click to read more below

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Reasons Taken

61 patients in the community are taking or have taken Green Tea.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
General health 38 62%
Slow my ALS progress 13 21%
Other 3 4%
Fatigue 1 1%
disease-related symptoms 1 1%
Don't know 1 1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Green Tea.

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  12 Number of Patients: 12 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 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 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 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Duration

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

Currently taking Green Tea

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Stopped taking Green Tea

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Why Patients Stopped Taking Green Tea (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 3 33% Did not seem to work: 33%
Other 3 33% Other: 33%
Personal research 1 11% Personal research: 11%
Side effects too severe 1 11% Side effects too severe: 11%
Not indicated 1 11% Not indicated: 11%


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