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What is Amino acids?

Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. Dietary proteins are the source of amino acids that the body needs but cannot make on its own. Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 6 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 3 0
Anxious mood 2 0
Other 2 1 Efficacy_none
Proteins 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Support heart health 1 0

See all 16 patients currently taking Amino acids

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 3

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Amino acids

Nausea 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Amino acids. See all 15 dosages ►

  4 mcg daily 4 other daily 5 tbs. daily 16 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily 4,500 mg daily
  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 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Amino acids (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 5   Did not seem to work: 56%
Other 3   Other: 33%
Expense 1   Expense: 11%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 11%

See all 9 patients who’ve stopped taking Amino acids

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

Currently Taking Amino acids

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

Stopped Taking Amino acids

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Amino acids

Always
 1 20%
Usually
 2 40%
Sometimes
 2 40%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Amino acids

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 20%
A little
 1 20%
Not at all
 3 60%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Amino acids

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 33%
$50-99
 1 33%
$25-49
 1 33%
< $25
 0 0%

Report created on February 12, 2012.