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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.


Reasons Taken

108 patients in the community are taking or have taken Flaxseed.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
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%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Flaxseed.

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  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
  38 Number of Patients: 38 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 22 Number of Patients: 22 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Flaxseed or how long patients were taking Flaxseed before stopping.

Currently taking Flaxseed

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
6
7
19
9
22

Stopped taking Flaxseed

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
4
1
0
0
1
Why Patients Stopped Taking Flaxseed (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 4 67% Other: 67%
Did not seem to work 1 17% Did not seem to work: 17%
Course of treatment ended 1 17% Course of treatment ended: 17%


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