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What is Flaxseed?

Flax seeds contain high levels of lignans and Omega-3 fatty acids. Lignans may benefit the heart, possess anti-cancer properties and studies performed on mice found reduced growth in specific types of tumors.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 56 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 10 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 10 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Bowel problems 7 1 Efficacy_moderate
Increase effect of another treatment 6 0
Constipation 6 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight

See all 113 patients currently taking Flaxseed

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 22

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Flaxseed. See all 38 dosages ►

  daily 1 mg daily 1 tps. daily 1 tbs. daily 2 tbs. daily 2 mg daily 3 tbs. daily 100 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 2,000 mg daily
  16 Number of Patients: 16 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3 12 Number of Patients: 12 13 Number of Patients: 13 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 13 Number of Patients: 13 9 Number of Patients: 9  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Flaxseed (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 6   Other: 46%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 23%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 15%
Expense 1   Expense: 8%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 8%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 8%

See all 13 patients who’ve stopped taking Flaxseed

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

Currently Taking Flaxseed

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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 Flaxseed

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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 Flaxseed

Always
 12 52%
Usually
 7 30%
Sometimes
 4 17%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Flaxseed

Very
 1 4%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 7 30%
Not at all
 15 65%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Flaxseed

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 16 100%

Report created on February 11, 2012.