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Brand Names:
Flax Oil Softgels, Flaxseed Meal, Flaxseed Oil, Flaxseed oil capsules
Generic Name: Flaxseed
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.
108 patients in the community are taking or have taken Flaxseed.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
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| General health | 69 | 63% |
| Slow my MS progress | 12 | 11% |
| Other | 10 | 9% |
| Bowel problems | 4 | 3% |
| Brain fog | 1 | <1% |
| Stiffness/spasticity | 1 | <1% |
| Emotional lability | 1 | <1% |
| Cognition | 1 | <1% |
| Don't know | 1 | <1% |
| 0 mg day | 1 intl units day | 1 mg day | 1 other day | 1 tbs. day | 2 g day | 2 mg day | 2 other day | 2 tbs. day | 2 day | 5 mg day | 50 mg day | 100 mg day | 300 mg day | 500 mg day | 1000 mg day | 1000 tbs. day | 1200 mg day | 1300 mg day | 2000 mg day | 2000 tbs. day | 2400 mg day | 3000 mg day | 3600 mg day | ||
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