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L-Leucine Treatment Report
Category: Supplements
What is L-Leucine?
L-Leucine, or leucine, is known as one of the three branch-chain amino acids. Leucine works with valine and isoleucine to protect and fuel the muscles. It is an important amino acid for the production of hemoglobin and it helps maintain blood sugar levels.
Reported Purpose & Efficacy
| Purpose | # of patients |
# of patients with evaluations
Efficacy
|
Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Increase effect of another treatment | 1 | 1 |
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| Don't know | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 1 | 1 |
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| ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) | 1 | 0 |
See all 4 patients currently taking L-Leucine
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Reported Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Did not seem to work | 1 |  |
Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼
Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Adherence
Taking treatment as prescribed
Adherence of L-Leucine
Always |
1 | 100% |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Usually |
0 | 0% |
|
Sometimes |
0 | 0% |
|
Never |
0 | 0% |
|
Burden
Difficulty being on treatment
Burden of L-Leucine
Very |
0 | 0% |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Somewhat |
0 | 0% |
|
A little |
0 | 0% |
|
Not at all |
1 | 100% |
|
Cost
Paid out of pocket
Cost of L-Leucine
$200+ |
0 | 0% |
|
|---|---|---|---|
$100-199 |
0 | 0% |
|
$50-99 |
0 | 0% |
|
$25-49 |
0 | 0% |
|
< $25 |
0 | 0% |
|
Patient Evaluations
See all 1 patient evaluation
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- Wayne Lampe
- 2562 mg daily
- since Apr 04, 2009
- Efficacy for Other
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Side Effects
None
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See all 1 patient evaluations
Report created on February 11, 2012.