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What is L-Arginine?

L-arginine is an amino acid that does a variety of things in the body including getting rid of ammonia and helping in the formation of proteins. L-arginine also reduces stiffness of the blood vessels and supplements may help with conditions that improve when blood vessels are relaxed.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 8 0
Fatigue 3 0
Other 2 1 Efficacy_slight
Support immune health 2 1 Efficacy_none
Improve flexibility/strength 2 0
Circulation problems 1 0

See all 23 patients currently taking L-Arginine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 2
Mild
 0
None
 3

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with L-Arginine

Depressed mood 1
Anxious mood 1
Rage 1
Suicidal thoughts or urges 1
Irritability 1
Dehydration 1
See all 10 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking L-Arginine. See all 11 dosages ►

  250mg as needed 1 other daily 2 daily 1,000 mg m,w,f 500 mg daily 700 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 1,500 mg daily 2,000 mg daily 3,624 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking L-Arginine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 3   Other: 50%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 33%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped taking L-Arginine

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

Currently Taking L-Arginine

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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 L-Arginine

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of L-Arginine

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

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of L-Arginine

Very
 1 17%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 2 33%
Not at all
 3 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of L-Arginine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 3 100%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.