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What is Antioxidants?

Antioxidants are substances or nutrients in foods which can prevent or slow the oxidative damage to the body. When cells use oxygen, they naturally produce free radicals (by-products) which can cause damage.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Improve immune function 3 1
General health 2 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 100%

Dosages

  daily weekly 2 other daily
  8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Antioxidants (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Not indicated
1 100% Not indicated: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Antioxidants

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Antioxidants

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
1
1
1
4

Stopped Taking Antioxidants

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

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Report created on November 21, 2009.