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Avoid Caffeine Treatment Report
What is Avoid Caffeine? Avoid Caffeine is being taken by members of the PatientsLikeMe community. Share what you know about Avoid Caffeine in our forum.
Reasons used
50 patients in the community are using or have used Avoid Caffeine.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| General health | 24 | 48% |
| Slow my ALS progress | 7 | 14% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Anxiety | 3 | 6% |
| Fasciculations | 2 | 4% |
| Urinary urgency | 1 | 2% |
| Ceased drinking coffee and cut back on tea and caffeine-enhanced drinks so as not to excite neurons | 1 | 2% |
| Don't know | 1 | 2% |
| Support another treatment | 1 | 2% |
Other treatments patients are using for General health include Multivitamins, Omega 3 Fish Oil, and Vitamin C.
Duration
How long current patients have been using Avoid Caffeine or how long patients were using Avoid Caffeine before stopping.
Currently Using Avoid Caffeine
Stopped Using Avoid Caffeine
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 4 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Moderate | 50% | 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Can't tell | 50% | 1 |
General health
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 100% | 4 |
Top reported side-effects include: Headaches, crankyness, Anxiety
Summary results are based on 4 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 4)
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- wbear35
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: severe
- Arms: severe
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: severe
- See profile
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by wbear35
Oct 27, 2009
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Slow my ALS progress
- Advice/Tips
- saves money if nothing else
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- Porky
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: severe
- Arms: mild
- Chest: none
- Legs: moderate
- See profile
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by Porky
Jan 10, 2009
- EfficacyCan't tell
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
- Advice/Tips
- I sometimes have caffeine coffee down my RIG as I cannot drink anymore
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on November 07, 2009.