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What is Cinnamon?

In medicine cinnamon bark and powder act like other volatile oils and once had a reputation as a cure for colds. It has also been used to treat diarrhea and other problems of the digestive system. Cinnamon is high in antioxidant activity.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 14 2 Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 14 0
BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS 11 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Inflammation 4 0
Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) 3 0
Increase effect of another treatment 3 0

See all 59 patients currently taking Cinnamon

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 5

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Cinnamon

Diarrhea 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Cinnamon. See all 24 dosages ►

  0.5 tps. daily 1 tps. daily 2 other daily 2 tps. daily 2 mg daily 100 mg daily 500 mg daily 500 mcg daily 1,000 mg daily 2,000 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 16 Number of Patients: 16 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Cinnamon (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 7   Other: 54%
Expense 2   Expense: 15%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 15%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 8%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 8%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 8%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 8%

See all 13 patients who’ve stopped taking Cinnamon

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

Currently Taking Cinnamon

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

Stopped Taking Cinnamon

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Cinnamon

Always
 2 33%
Usually
 2 33%
Sometimes
 1 17%
Never
 1 17%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Cinnamon

Very
 1 17%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 17%
Not at all
 4 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Cinnamon

$200+
 1 20%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 4 80%

Report created on May 26, 2012.