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What is Tryptophan?

Tryptophan (l-tryptophan) is a found in most protein-based foods or dietary proteins. It is particularly plentiful in chocolate, oats, bananas, mangoes, dried dates, milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, red meat, eggs, fish, poultry, sesame, chickpeas, sunflower seeds, spirulina, and peanuts.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Sleeplessness 7 1 Efficacy_moderate
Other 4 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Insomnia 4 1 Efficacy_moderate
Sleep problems 2 0
Depressed mood 2 0
Burning sensation in skin 1 0

See all 23 patients currently taking Tryptophan

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 4

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Tryptophan. See all 16 dosages ►

  3 g daily 200 mg daily 360 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily 666 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 1,039 mg daily 1,500 mg daily 3,000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Tryptophan (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 3   Other: 50%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 33%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 33%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 17%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped taking Tryptophan

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

Currently Taking Tryptophan

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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

Stopped Taking Tryptophan

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Tryptophan

Always
 3 75%
Usually
 1 25%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Tryptophan

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 25%
Not at all
 3 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Tryptophan

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 2 67%
< $25
 1 33%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.