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What is Garlic?

Garlic, a species in the onion family Alliaceae, is used as a spice and for medicinal purposes it is used to treat hyperlipidemia, hypertension, atherosclerosis, cancer, and infections. In addition to raw garlic extract there are oral preparations available in pill form.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 37 6 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 11 1 Efficacy_major
Support immune health 10 1 Efficacy_major
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 10 2 Efficacy_cant_tell
natural antibiotic 4 2 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
heart-bp-lipids 3 0

See all 82 patients currently taking Garlic

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 1
None
 16

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

Gas 1
Bloating 1
Taste bud irritation 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Garlic. See all 23 dosages ►

  daily 1 tps. daily 200 mg daily 500 mg daily 600 mg daily 700 mg daily 900 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 2,000 mg daily 3,000 mg daily
  56 Number of Patients: 56 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Garlic (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 13   Other: 52%
Did not seem to work 8   Did not seem to work: 32%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 8%
Expense 1   Expense: 4%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 4%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 4%

See all 24 patients who’ve stopped taking Garlic

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

Currently Taking Garlic

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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

Stopped Taking Garlic

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Garlic

Always
 7 39%
Usually
 6 33%
Sometimes
 4 22%
Never
 1 6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Garlic

Very
 2 11%
Somewhat
 1 6%
A little
 3 17%
Not at all
 12 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Garlic

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 8 100%

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Report created on February 08, 2012.