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What is Zinc?

Zinc is an essential mineral involved in the immune system, wound healing, and DNA synthesis. It is available through food sources including oysters, animal proteins, beans, and nuts, as well as a nutritional supplement.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 52 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Support immune health 24 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 22 2 Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 16 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Support nutritional health 4 1 Efficacy_none
Hair loss (alopecia) 4 0

See all 134 patients currently taking Zinc

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 16

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

Nausea and vomiting 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Zinc. See all 46 dosages ►

  daily 1 other daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 25 mg daily 30 mg daily 50 mg daily 60 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily
  8 Number of Patients: 8 4 Number of Patients: 4 5 Number of Patients: 5 14 Number of Patients: 14 5 Number of Patients: 5 9 Number of Patients: 9 33 Number of Patients: 33 5 Number of Patients: 5 11 Number of Patients: 11 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Zinc (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 13   Did not seem to work: 39%
Other 11   Other: 33%
Course of treatment ended 5   Course of treatment ended: 15%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 9%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 3%
Expense 1   Expense: 3%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 3%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 3%

See all 33 patients who’ve stopped taking Zinc

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

Currently Taking Zinc

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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 Zinc

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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 Zinc

Always
 13 76%
Usually
 2 12%
Sometimes
 1 6%
Never
 1 6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Zinc

Very
 1 6%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 6%
Not at all
 15 88%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Zinc

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 10 100%

Report created on February 10, 2012.