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What is Antioxidants?

Antioxidants are substances or nutrients in foods which can prevent or slow the oxidative damage to the body. When cells use oxygen, they naturally produce free radicals (by-products) which can cause damage.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 24 1 Efficacy_moderate
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 12 2 Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 5 0
Support immune health 4 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 3 0
Fibromyalgia 1 0

See all 56 patients currently taking Antioxidants

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 4

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

Jaundice 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Antioxidants. See all 11 dosages ►

  weekly daily 1 other daily 1 cap(s) daily 2 intl units daily 2 other daily 3 other daily 20 mg daily 100 mg daily 400 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 42 Number of Patients: 42 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 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 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Antioxidants (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 4   Other: 44%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 22%
Expense 1   Expense: 11%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 11%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 11%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 11%

See all 9 patients who’ve stopped taking Antioxidants

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

Currently Taking Antioxidants

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

Stopped Taking Antioxidants

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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 Antioxidants

Always
 4 80%
Usually
 1 20%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Antioxidants

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 5 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Antioxidants

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

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Report created on February 10, 2012.