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What is Brewers Yeast?

Brewer's yeast is made from a one-celled fungus called Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It is rich in chromium, selenium, protein and the B-complex vitamins. It is used to make beer and has been used as a nutritional supplement for many years.

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) 2 0
Bipolar mixed episodes 1 0
Fatigue 1 0
Bipolar depressive episodes 1 1 Efficacy_moderate
General health 1 1 Efficacy_moderate
Fasciculations 1 1 Efficacy_major

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 3

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Brewers Yeast

Mania 1

Reported Dosages

  2 tbs. daily 100 mg daily 700 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Brewers Yeast (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 75%
Other 1   Other: 25%

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

Currently Taking Brewers Yeast

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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
0

Stopped Taking Brewers Yeast

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Brewers Yeast

Always
 2 50%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 1 25%
Never
 1 25%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Brewers Yeast

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Brewers Yeast

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

Report created on May 28, 2012.