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What is DL-Phenylalanine?
DL-Phenylalanine is marketed as a nutritional supplement for its reported analgesic and antidepressant activities.
Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness
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| Purpose | # of patients | # of patients with evaluations | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
| Increase effect of another treatment | 5 | 1 |
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| General health | 4 | 1 |
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| Pain | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Fatigue | 3 | 3 |
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| Anxious mood | 1 | 1 |
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| Fibromyalgia | 1 | 0 | |||||
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Reported Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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| Other | 4 |  |
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| Did not seem to work | 3 | |
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| Not indicated | 1 | |
Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼
Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Adherence
Taking treatment as prescribed
Adherence of DL-Phenylalanine
Always |
4 | 57% |
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Usually |
1 | 14% |
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Sometimes |
1 | 14% |
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Never |
1 | 14% |
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Burden
Difficulty being on treatment
Burden of DL-Phenylalanine
Very |
0 | 0% |
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Somewhat |
2 | 29% |
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A little |
0 | 0% |
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Not at all |
5 | 71% |
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Cost
Paid out of pocket
Cost of DL-Phenylalanine
$200+ |
0 | 0% |
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$100-199 |
0 | 0% |
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$50-99 |
0 | 0% |
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$25-49 |
0 | 0% |
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< $25 |
3 | 100% |
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