What is Glutathione?

An example of Glutathione

Glutathione is an antioxidant that is produced in the liver, where it detoxifies harmful compounds so they can be excreted through the bile. It also helps maintain the integrity of red blood cells and protect white cells. It's digested very rapidly when given orally so IV is an alternate route.

Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
43 17 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
24 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
13 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
5 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
3 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
2 1 Efficacy_cant_tell

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0
Moderate
1
Mild
4
None
34

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

1
1
1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Glutathione. See all 57 dosages

  daily 1 tps. daily 100 mg weekly 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 250 mg daily 2,000 mg weekly 300 mg daily 500 mg daily 1,000 mg daily
  6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 7 Number of Patients: 7 4 Number of Patients: 4  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Glutathione (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 24   Did not seem to work: 46%
Other 13   Other: 25%
Expense 12   Expense: 23%
Personal research 8   Personal research: 15%
Course of treatment ended 6   Course of treatment ended: 12%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 4%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 4%

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Currently Taking Glutathione

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Stopped Taking Glutathione

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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Glutathione

Always
23 59%
Usually
9 23%
Sometimes
3 8%
Never
4 10%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Glutathione

Very
7 18%
Somewhat
10 26%
A little
7 18%
Not at all
15 38%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Glutathione

$200+
13 50%
$100-199
2 8%
$50-99
2 8%
$25-49
1 4%
< $25
8 31%

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14 patient evaluations for Glutathione

Purpose: ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) (Started Dec 24, 2012)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Mar 24, 2013 400 mg Daily ?Can't tell NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
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Purpose: ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) (Started Dec 12, 2012)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jan 25, 2013 1 g Daily Led_efficacy_1Led_defaultLed_defaultLed_defaultNone NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
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Purpose: Immune disorder (Started Aug 01, 2011)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Oct 13, 2012 2 tps. Daily Led_efficacy_1Led_defaultLed_defaultLed_defaultNone NoneNoneNoneNoneNone UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
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