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What is Garlic supplement?

Garlic, a species in the onion family Alliaceae, is used as a spice and for medicinal purposes it is used to treat hyperlipidemia, hypertension, atherosclerosis, cancer, and infections. In addition to raw garlic extract there are oral preparations available in pill form.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 39 6 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Support immune health 11 1 Efficacy_major
Other 11 1 Efficacy_major
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 10 2 Efficacy_cant_tell
natural antibiotic 4 2 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
heart-bp-lipids 3 0

See all 86 patients currently taking Garlic supplement

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 1
None
 16

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Garlic supplement

Gas 1
Bloating 1
Taste bud irritation 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Garlic supplement. See all 23 dosages ►

  daily 1 tps. daily 1 cap(s) daily 200 mg daily 500 mg daily 600 mg daily 700 mg daily 900 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 2,000 mg daily
  59 Number of Patients: 59 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Garlic supplement (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 13   Other: 52%
Did not seem to work 8   Did not seem to work: 32%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 8%
Expense 1   Expense: 4%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 4%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 4%

See all 24 patients who’ve stopped taking Garlic supplement

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

Currently Taking Garlic supplement

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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 Garlic supplement

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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 Garlic supplement

Always
 7 39%
Usually
 6 33%
Sometimes
 4 22%
Never
 1 6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Garlic supplement

Very
 2 11%
Somewhat
 1 6%
A little
 3 17%
Not at all
 12 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Garlic supplement

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 8 100%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.