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What is Alpha Lipoic Acid?

Alpha Lipoic Acid, also known as Lipoic and Thioctic acid, is an antioxidant that has been used in the treatment of Vitamin C or E deficiency.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 91 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 79 13 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 35 12 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 24 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Support nutritional health 14 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Parkinson's Disease 14 3 Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 289 patients currently taking Alpha Lipoic Acid

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 2
Mild
 4
None
 56

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Alpha Lipoic Acid

Nausea 2
Urine smell abnormal 2
Headaches 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Alpha Lipoic Acid. See all 44 dosages ►

  daily 50 mg daily daily 100 mg daily daily 200 mg daily daily 300 mg daily daily 600 mg daily
  73 Number of Patients: 73 8 Number of Patients: 8 14 Number of Patients: 14 30 Number of Patients: 30 18 Number of Patients: 18 23 Number of Patients: 23 15 Number of Patients: 15 26 Number of Patients: 26 13 Number of Patients: 13 19 Number of Patients: 19  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Alpha Lipoic Acid (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 42   Did not seem to work: 42%
Other 31   Other: 31%
Expense 15   Expense: 15%
Personal research 9   Personal research: 9%
Not indicated 5   Not indicated: 5%
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 3%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 2%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 1%

See all 96 patients who’ve stopped taking Alpha Lipoic Acid

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

Currently Taking Alpha Lipoic Acid

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

Stopped Taking Alpha Lipoic Acid

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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 Alpha Lipoic Acid

Always
 35 56%
Usually
 13 21%
Sometimes
 9 15%
Never
 5 8%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Alpha Lipoic Acid

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 5 8%
A little
 16 26%
Not at all
 41 66%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Alpha Lipoic Acid

$200+
 2 5%
$100-199
 1 2%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 7 17%
< $25
 31 76%

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Report created on February 12, 2012.