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What is Green Tea?

Green tea is a traditional drink in many parts of the world which consists of water brewed with the leaves of the Camellia sinensis ("tea plant") that has undergone minimal oxidation or processing. In contrast to black tea, green tea contains less caffeine.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 106 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 15 1 Efficacy_moderate
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 15 0
Fatigue 8 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Tension 8 0
Loss of energy 8 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 3
None
 16

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Green Tea

Nausea 2
Weight loss 1
Headaches 1
Jittery feeling 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Green Tea. See all 77 dosages ►

  1other as needed daily 0.5 liter daily 1 mL daily 1 other daily 1 L daily 2 other daily 2 mL daily 3 other daily 100 mL daily
  7 Number of Patients: 7 13 Number of Patients: 13 4 Number of Patients: 4 4 Number of Patients: 4 17 Number of Patients: 17 15 Number of Patients: 15 9 Number of Patients: 9 7 Number of Patients: 7 4 Number of Patients: 4 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Green Tea (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 9   Did not seem to work: 39%
Other 7   Other: 30%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 9%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 4%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 4%

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

Currently Taking Green Tea

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Stopped Taking Green Tea

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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 Green Tea

Always
 7 37%
Usually
 6 32%
Sometimes
 3 16%
Never
 3 16%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Green Tea

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 5%
A little
 3 16%
Not at all
 15 79%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Green Tea

$200+
 1 8%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 12 92%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.