PatientsLikeMe : Ginkgo Biloba Treatment Report

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Patients

Taking Ginkgo Biloba
40 Patients currently take Ginkgo Biloba
3 Patients stopped taking Ginkgo Biloba
jade247 Sensation: Moderate Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: mild Swallowing: mild Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile jade247 6000mg daily since Jan 01, 2001
PowderCat Sensation: Moderate Overall: Mild Cognition: moderate Vision: none Speech: moderate Swallowing: none Upper limb: none Walking: none See profile PowderCat since Oct 25, 2007
Annemay Sensation: Moderate Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: moderate Swallowing: mild Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile Annemay 60mg daily since Oct 23, 2008

What is Ginkgo Biloba? Ginkgo biloba is a natural herb. Most uses of ginkgo have centered on improvement in regional (ie, CNS) or peripheral blood flow and oxygen delivery. Also known as Eun-haeng; Fossil Tree; Kew Tree; Silver Apricot.

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Reasons Taken

43 patients in the community are taking or have taken Ginkgo Biloba.

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Brain fog	19	44%
General health	10	23%
Other	5	11%
Memory problems	2	4%
Slow my MS progress	2	4%
Cognition	1	2%
Depression	1	2%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Ginkgo Biloba.

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9	10	1	1	1	1	4	1	6	1	1	1	1	1	1

Duration

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

Currently taking Ginkgo Biloba

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
2	2	2	5	7	8

Stopped taking Ginkgo Biloba

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
1	0	0	1	1	0

Why Patients Stopped Taking Ginkgo Biloba (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	2	67%
Did not seem to work	1	33%
Doctor's advice	1	33%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 2 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Moderate	100%	1

Brain fog

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	0%	0
Moderate	0%	0
Mild	0%	0
None	100%	2

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 2 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 2)

cwowarii

Sensation: Mild

Overall: None

Cognition: none

Vision: none

Speech: none

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: mild

Walking: mild

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by cwowarii
Oct 20, 2008