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What is Saw palmetto?

Saw palmetto, also known as Serenoa repens and Sabal serrulata, is often used for symptoms associated with benign prostatic hypertrophy (enlargement of the prostate).

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 6 0
Other 3 1 Efficacy_major
prevention prostrate 1 0
prostrate 1 0
Prostate health 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
prostrate 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 2

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Saw palmetto

Anticipatory anxiety 1

Reported Dosages

  daily 1 g daily 80 mg daily 160 mg daily 200 mg daily 320 mg daily
  10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Saw palmetto (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 2   Other: 50%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 25%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 25%

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Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Saw palmetto

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

Stopped Taking Saw palmetto

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Saw palmetto

Always
 3 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Saw palmetto

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 3 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Saw palmetto

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 2 100%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.