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Blueberry Treatment Report
Category: Supplements
Most Popular Types: Blueberry Concentrate
See also: Blueberry Fruit Powder & Extract, Blueberry Lowbush Powder, Wild Blueberry Extract
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.
Reported Purpose & Efficacy
| Purpose | # of patients |
# of patients with evaluations
Efficacy
|
Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| feel better, antiinflammatory | 2 | 0 | |||||
| General health | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 1 | 0 | |||||
| see if it would help | 1 | 1 |
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| Support weight loss | 1 | 1 |
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| ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) | 1 | 0 |
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Reported Dosages
Reported Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expense | 1 |  |
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| Other | 1 | |
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| Course of treatment ended | 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 Blueberry
Always |
1 | 50% |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Usually |
1 | 50% |
|
Sometimes |
0 | 0% |
|
Never |
0 | 0% |
|
Burden
Difficulty being on treatment
Burden of Blueberry
Very |
0 | 0% |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Somewhat |
0 | 0% |
|
A little |
0 | 0% |
|
Not at all |
2 | 100% |
|
Cost
Paid out of pocket
Cost of Blueberry
$200+ |
0 | 0% |
|
|---|---|---|---|
$100-199 |
0 | 0% |
|
$50-99 |
0 | 0% |
|
$25-49 |
1 | 100% |
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< $25 |
0 | 0% |
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Report created on February 10, 2012.