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Reasons Taken

112 patients in the community are taking or have taken Diet.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Slow my MS progress 51 45%
General health 30 26%
Other 15 13%
Weight gain 6 5%
disease-related symptoms 1 <1%
Don't know 1 <1%

Duration

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

Currently taking Diet

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
3
11
13
23
13
20

Stopped taking Diet

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
2
0
2
0
4
Why Patients Stopped Taking Diet (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 4 50% Did not seem to work: 50%
Other 2 25% Other: 25%
Personal research 1 13% Personal research: 13%
Course of treatment ended 1 13% Course of treatment ended: 13%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 10 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 50% 3
Can't tell 50% 3

Slow my MS progress

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 20% 2
None 80% 8

Top reported side-effects include: Dietary restrictions

Summary results are based on 10 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 10)

  • jmscout
    Sex: F
    Sensation: None
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: none
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
  • jmscout
  • by jmscout
    Sep 17, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Slow my MS progress

  • katpalou
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: moderate
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
  • katpalou
  • by katpalou
    Dec 13, 2008
  • EfficacyCan't tell
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Slow my MS progress
Advice/Tips
too much weight puts a strain on your body, i finally understand, plus diets don't work a healthy change in eating habits actually work.

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