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Taking Ginseng
20 Patients currently take Ginseng
4 Patients stopped taking Ginseng
MimiPeePee
Sensation: moderate
Overall: mild
Cognition: moderate
Vision: mild
Speech: mild
Swallowing: moderate
Upper limb: moderate
Walking: moderate
MimiPeePee
600 mg daily since Feb 25, 2008
ashfieb
Mouth/throat: none
Arms: mild
Chest: none
Legs: none
ashfieb
500 mg daily since Feb 19, 2008
sauergirl
Mouth/throat: mild
Arms: severe
Chest: none
Legs: severe
sauergirl
500 mg daily since Oct 20, 2001

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What we've learned

Why Patients Take Ginseng

General health
General health: 100% 10
Fatigue
Fatigue: 50% 5
slow my disease's progress
slow my disease's progress: 40% 4
Memory problems
Memory problems: 10% 1

Patient Dosages

20 mg daily 50 mg daily 200 mg daily 250 mg daily 500 mg daily 600 mg daily 800 mg daily 857 mg daily 1000 mg daily 1230 mg daily 1300 mg daily 1350 mg daily 1800 mg daily 6000 mg daily N/A
1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 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 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  

How Long Current Patients Have Been Taking Ginseng

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
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3
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3
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8

Why Patients Stopped Taking Ginseng (multiple reasons could be selected)

Did not seem to work
Did not seem to work: 100% 3
Personal research
Personal research: 100% 3
Doctor's advice
Doctor's advice: 33% 1
Side effects too severe
Side effects too severe: 33% 1
Other
Other: 33% 1

How Long Patients Took Ginseng Before Stopping

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
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2
0
0
1
1

Average: 1 star 2 star 3 star 4 star Ginseng Ratings

4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
4: 100% 1


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