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What is L-methylfolate?

L-methylfolate is the natural, active form of folate. Folate supplementation has potential to impact prenatal care, homocysteine management and the treatment of depression, dementia and cardiovascular conditions. Read more...Click to read more below

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 6%
Mild
0 0%
None
15 94%

Most commonly reported side effects

Stimulant - interferes with sleep
1 50%
makes me very sleepy
1 50%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  daily 1.75 mg daily 5 mg daily 7.5 mg daily 15 mg daily 2000 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 33 Number of Patients: 33 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking L-methylfolate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
5 45% Did not seem to work: 45%
Expense
3 27% Expense: 27%
Course of treatment ended
2 18% Course of treatment ended: 18%
Side effects too severe
1 9% Side effects too severe: 9%
Other
1 9% Other: 9%

See all 10 patients who’ve stopped taking L-methylfolate

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking L-methylfolate

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

Stopped Taking L-methylfolate

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
14 88%
Usually
2 13%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 6%
Somewhat
1 6%
A little
2 13%
Not at all
12 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
4 25%
$25-49
2 13%
< $25
5 31%

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Report created on March 21, 2010.