Filter by: patients
Home > Community Treatment Reports and Side Effects > Black Cohosh Root Treatment Report
What is Black Cohosh Root?

Historically, Black Cohosh has been used for a range of conditions. Native Americans and U.S. colonialists used it for amenorrhea, bronchitis, chorea, dropsy, fever, hysteria, itch, lumbago, nervous disorders, snakebite, yellow fever, and uterine disorders.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Hot flashes 14 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Perimenopause 3 0
Decrease hot flashes 2 1 Efficacy_major
General health 2 0
Menopause 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Menopause 1 0

See all 24 patients currently taking Black Cohosh Root

Mouse over the table for more information

Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 5

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Black Cohosh Root. See all 13 dosages ►

  daily 1 mg daily 2 other daily 60 mg daily 75 mg daily 80 mg daily 180 mg daily 300 mg daily 330 mg daily 540 mg daily
  8 Number of Patients: 8 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Black Cohosh Root (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 4   Did not seem to work: 50%
Expense 2   Expense: 25%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 13%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 13%

See all 7 patients who’ve stopped taking Black Cohosh Root

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

Currently Taking Black Cohosh Root

A bar graph

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

Stopped Taking Black Cohosh Root

A bar graph

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Black Cohosh Root

Always
 4 67%
Usually
 1 17%
Sometimes
 1 17%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Black Cohosh Root

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 2 33%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 4 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Black Cohosh Root

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

Report created on May 27, 2012.