What is Flaxseed?
Flax seeds contain high levels of lignans and Omega-3 fatty acids. Lignans may benefit the heart, possess anti-cancer properties and studies performed on mice found reduced growth in specific types of tumors.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General health | 23 |
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3 | |||
| Slow my MS progress | 6 |
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1 | ||||
| Bowel problems | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 4 |
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1 | ||||
| Don't know | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Support another treatment | 2 | 0 |
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Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Flaxseed. See all 22 dosages ►
| 1other as needed | daily | 1 tbs. weekly | 1 intl units daily | 1 mg daily | 1 other daily | 1 tbs. daily | 1 tps. daily | 2 g daily | 2 mg daily | 2 tbs. daily | 2 tps. daily | 5 mg daily | 5 tbs. daily | 6 other daily | 100 mg daily | 300 mg daily | 1000 mg daily | 1200 mg daily | 2000 mg daily | 2400 mg daily | 3000 mg daily | ||
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13
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1
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1
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2
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1
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3
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1
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1
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3
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5
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1
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2
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1
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1
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2
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1
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8
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1
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4
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other
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3 | 50% |
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Did not seem to work
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2 | 33% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 17% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Patient Evaluations
See all 5 patient evaluations
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- AnnieOakley
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: mild
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- AnnieOakley
- 1 tbs. daily
- since Jan 25, 2009
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for General health
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Side Effects
None
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See all 5 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.