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What is Glutathione (IV)?

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.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken
# of patients Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
Parkinson's Disease PD 9 3
mitochondrial protection 2 1
Other 1 0
Heavy Metal Toxicity 1 0

See all 8 patients currently taking Glutathione (IV)

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
1 20%
None
4 80%

Most commonly reported side effects

Parkinson's Disease PD
1 100%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  1400mg as needed 200mg as needed 2500mg as needed weekly 1 other weekly 100 mg weekly 3000 mg weekly 2500 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  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Glutathione (IV) (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
4 80% Did not seem to work: 80%
Expense
1 20% Expense: 20%
Doctor's advice
1 20% Doctor's advice: 20%

See all 5 patients who’ve stopped taking Glutathione (IV)

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Glutathione (IV)

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

Stopped Taking Glutathione (IV)

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
5 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
2 40%
Somewhat
2 40%
A little
1 20%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
2 40%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

Report created on March 22, 2010.