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What is Zinc?

Zinc is an essential mineral involved in the immune system, wound healing, and DNA synthesis. It is available through food sources including oysters, animal proteins, beans, and nuts, as well as a nutritional supplement.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 52 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Support immune health 27 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 22 3 Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 16 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Hair loss 4 0
Increase effect of another treatment 3 0

See all 139 patients currently taking Zinc

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 17

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Zinc

Nausea 1
Nausea and vomiting 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Zinc. See all 46 dosages ►

  daily 1 mg daily 1 other daily 7.5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 25 mg daily 30 mg daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily
  8 Number of Patients: 8 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 14 Number of Patients: 14 7 Number of Patients: 7 10 Number of Patients: 10 36 Number of Patients: 36 12 Number of Patients: 12  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Zinc (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 14   Did not seem to work: 41%
Other 10   Other: 29%
Course of treatment ended 5   Course of treatment ended: 15%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 6%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 6%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 3%
Expense 1   Expense: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 3%

See all 34 patients who’ve stopped taking Zinc

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

Currently Taking Zinc

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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 Zinc

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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 Zinc

Always
 14 74%
Usually
 3 16%
Sometimes
 1 5%
Never
 1 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Zinc

Very
 1 5%
Somewhat
 1 5%
A little
 1 5%
Not at all
 16 84%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Zinc

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 10 100%

Report created on May 27, 2012.