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What is Arnica Montana?
Arnica montana is sometimes grown in herb gardens and has long been used medicinally. The roots contain derivatives of thymol, which are used as fungicides and preservatives and may have some anti-inflammatory effect.
Reported Purpose & Efficacy
| Purpose | # of patients |
# of patients with evaluations
Efficacy
|
Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Muscle pain | 2 | 1 |
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| Bruising | 1 | 1 |
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| self evaluation | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Muscle and joint pain | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 1 | 0 |
See all 11 patients currently taking Arnica Montana
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Reported Dosages
Reported Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Did not seem to work | 3 |  |
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| Doctor's advice | 1 | |
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| Other | 1 | |
Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼
Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Adherence
Taking treatment as prescribed
Adherence of Arnica Montana
Always |
0 | 0% |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Usually |
3 | 75% |
|
Sometimes |
1 | 25% |
|
Never |
0 | 0% |
|
Burden
Difficulty being on treatment
Burden of Arnica Montana
Very |
0 | 0% |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Somewhat |
0 | 0% |
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A little |
0 | 0% |
|
Not at all |
4 | 100% |
|
Cost
Paid out of pocket
Cost of Arnica Montana
$200+ |
0 | 0% |
|
|---|---|---|---|
$100-199 |
0 | 0% |
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$50-99 |
0 | 0% |
|
$25-49 |
0 | 0% |
|
< $25 |
3 | 100% |
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Report created on February 12, 2012.