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What is L-Theanine?

Theanine is an amino acid commonly found in tea. L-theanine may help the body's immune response to infection by boosting the disease-fighting capacity of gamma delta T cells.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Anxious mood 6 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Sleep problems 4 1 Efficacy_none
Other 2 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Parkinson's Disease 2 2 Efficacy_none
Generalized Anxiety Disorder 2 0
Treat my mood condition(s) 2 1 Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 14 patients currently taking L-Theanine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 10

Reported Dosages

  400mg as needed 1 tab(s) daily 100 mg weekly 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 600 mg daily 900 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking L-Theanine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 7   Did not seem to work: 70%
Expense 2   Expense: 20%
Other 2   Other: 20%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 10%

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

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

Currently Taking L-Theanine

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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
0

Stopped Taking L-Theanine

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of L-Theanine

Always
 7 58%
Usually
 4 33%
Sometimes
 1 8%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of L-Theanine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 8%
A little
 1 8%
Not at all
 10 83%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of L-Theanine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 14%
$25-49
 1 14%
< $25
 5 71%

Report created on May 28, 2012.