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What is Avoid MSG?

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a flavor enhancer that can cause adverse effects, including migraine headaches, nausea and certain forms of glaucoma.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 60 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 19 0
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 14 0
Headaches 12 0
Allergic reaction 7 1 Efficacy_major
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 4 0

See all 142 patients currently using Avoid MSG

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 4

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Avoid MSG (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 50%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped using Avoid MSG

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

Currently Using Avoid MSG

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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

Stopped Using Avoid MSG

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Avoid MSG

Always
 2 50%
Usually
 2 50%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Avoid MSG

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 25%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 3 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Avoid MSG

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

Report created on May 26, 2012.