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What is Glutathione?

Glutathione is an antioxidant that is produced in the liver, where it detoxifies harmful compounds so they can be excreted through the bile. It also helps maintain the integrity of red blood cells and protect white cells. It's digested very rapidly when given orally so IV is an alternate route.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 34 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Parkinson's Disease 23 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 12 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 8 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Fatigue 4 0
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 3 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 61 patients currently taking Glutathione

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 4
None
 26

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Glutathione

Nausea 1
Pain in veins 1
Parkinson's Disease 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Glutathione. See all 53 dosages ►

  daily 1 tps. daily 2 tps. daily 100 mg weekly 100 mg daily 250 mg daily 2,000 mg weekly 500 mg daily 750 mg daily 1,000 mg daily
  6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Glutathione (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 23   Did not seem to work: 50%
Expense 11   Expense: 24%
Other 11   Other: 24%
Personal research 7   Personal research: 15%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 7%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 4%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 2%

See all 46 patients who’ve stopped taking Glutathione

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Glutathione

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

Stopped Taking Glutathione

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Glutathione

Always
 19 61%
Usually
 6 19%
Sometimes
 2 6%
Never
 4 13%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Glutathione

Very
 5 16%
Somewhat
 9 29%
A little
 5 16%
Not at all
 12 39%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Glutathione

$200+
 10 48%
$100-199
 1 5%
$50-99
 2 10%
$25-49
 1 5%
< $25
 7 33%

Report created on February 10, 2012.