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What is Probiotics? Dietary supplement containing bacteria or yeast. Probiotics are live microorganisms (in most cases, bacteria) that are similar to beneficial microorganisms found in the human gut. Read more...Click to read more below


Reasons Taken

26 patients in the community are taking or have taken Probiotics.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
General health 14 53%
Other 5 19%
Bowel problems 3 11%
Constipation 1 3%
Slow my MS progress 1 3%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Probiotics.

Top 10 (Show all)

All (Show Top 10)

  0 mg day 0 day 0 none 1 mg day 1 other day 1 tbs. day 3 other day 100 mg day 150 mg day 500 mg day 1000 mg day
  10 Number of Patients: 10 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 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  

Duration

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

Currently taking Probiotics

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
4
2
3
4
3

Stopped taking Probiotics

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
1
0
0
0
Why Patients Stopped Taking Probiotics (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 1 50% Did not seem to work: 50%
Other 1 50% Other: 50%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 1 patient evaluation. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 100% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 1

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 1 individual response. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 1)

  • jmscout
    Sensation: None
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: none
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
  • jmscout
  • by jmscout
    Sep 20, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other

See all evaluation results for Probiotics



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