Alpha Lipoic Acid Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Alpha Lipoic Acid IV, R-lipoic Acid
Generic Name: Alpha Lipoic Acid
See also: R-Alpha Lipoic Acid
What is Alpha Lipoic Acid?
Alpha Lipoic Acid, also known as Lipoic and Thioctic acid, is an antioxidant that has been used in the treatment of Vitamin C or E deficiency.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General health | 21 |
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2 | |||
| Slow my MS progress | 16 |
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3 | ||||
| Fatigue | 6 |
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1 | ||||
| Other | 5 |
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2 | |||
| Support another treatment | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Brain fog | 2 |
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1 |
See all 58 patients currently taking Alpha Lipoic Acid
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Alpha Lipoic Acid. See all 20 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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2 | 33% |
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Expense
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1 | 17% |
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Personal research
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1 | 17% |
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Other
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1 | 17% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 8 patient evaluations
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- jmscout
- Sex: F
- Sensation: None
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- jmscout
- daily
- since Sep 16, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for General health
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Side Effects
None
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- expastrychef
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- expastrychef
- 600 mg daily
- since Feb 23, 2009
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Slow my MS progress
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Side Effects
None
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- bbrown5123
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Severe
- Cognition: severe
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: severe
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: severe
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- bbrown5123
- 1200 mg daily
- since Jul 09, 2009
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Slow my MS progress
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 8 patient evaluations
Report created on November 22, 2009.