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Emergen-C Treatment Report

See also: Vitamin C

What is Emergen-C? Emergen-C is a brand name Vitamin C product. Vitamin C is an antioxidant that humans cannot synthesize so it must be ingested via fruit or other sources. Small doses may reduce the severity and duration of colds.

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.


Reasons taken

3 patients in the community are taking or have taken Emergen-C.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 3 100%

Other treatments patients are taking for Other include Walking Stick/Cane, MRI, and Levothyroxine.

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Emergen-C.

  1000mg as needed as needed 500 mg/5 mL daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Emergen-C or how long patients were taking Emergen-C before stopping.

Currently Taking Emergen-C

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

Patient Reported Evaluations

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

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Slight 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)

  • strapples
    Sex: M
    Mouth/throat: severe
    Arms: moderate
    Chest: moderate
    Legs: severe
  • strapples
  • by strapples
    Jan 12, 2009
  • EfficacySlight
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other

See all evaluation results for Emergen-C

Report created on November 08, 2009.