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What is DHEA?

DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) is an endogenous hormone (made in the human body) secreted by the adrenal gland. DHEA serves as precursor to male and female sex hormones. It is used in the treatment of adrenal insufficiency, depression, induction of labor and systemic lupus erythematosus.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 14 1
Slow my ALS progress 9 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 100%

Dosages

  daily 5 mg daily 25 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 300 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking DHEA (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
5 38% Did not seem to work: 38%
Other
3 23% Other: 23%
Course of treatment ended
2 15% Course of treatment ended: 15%
Side effects too severe
1 8% Side effects too severe: 8%
Doctor's advice
1 8% Doctor's advice: 8%
Expense
1 8% Expense: 8%
Personal research
1 8% Personal research: 8%

See all 12 patients who’ve stopped taking DHEA

Currently Taking DHEA

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

Stopped Taking DHEA

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

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

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

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Report created on November 23, 2009.