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What is Apitherapy?

Apitherapy is the medical use of honey bee products. This can include the use of honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, and bee venom.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 11 2 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 6 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Fatigue 5 0
Other 3 0
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 2 0
Parkinson's Disease 2 0

See all 27 patients currently taking Apitherapy

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 1
Mild
 1
None
 4

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

Chest pain 1
Neck pain 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Apitherapy. See all 18 dosages ►

  daily 4 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily daily 500 mg daily 550 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 2,000 mg daily
  6 Number of Patients: 6 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 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Apitherapy (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 4   Other: 31%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 23%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 15%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 15%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 8%
Expense 1   Expense: 8%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 8%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 8%

See all 13 patients who’ve stopped taking Apitherapy

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

Currently Taking Apitherapy

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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 Apitherapy

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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 Apitherapy

Always
 4 57%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 3 43%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Apitherapy

Very
 1 14%
Somewhat
 2 29%
A little
 2 29%
Not at all
 2 29%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Apitherapy

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 17%
< $25
 5 83%

Report created on May 28, 2012.