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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.
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Emergen-C or how long patients were taking Emergen-C before stopping.
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 |
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)
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- strapples
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: severe
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: severe
- See profile
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by strapples
Jan 12, 2009
- EfficacySlight
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
- See full evaluation
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Report created on November 08, 2009.