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What is Blueberry?

Blueberries have been shown to have antioxidant activity. The skin of the blueberry is nutrient-rich. The dye released from the pigments in the skin of the blueberry, called anthocyanin is the source of the antioxidants and is used to create blueberry extract for powder and supplements.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Other 1 0
feel better, antiinflammatory 1 0

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Dosages

  1 other daily 12 tbs. daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Currently Taking Blueberry

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

Report created on November 22, 2009.