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Alpha Lipoic Acid Treatment Report
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See also: R-Lipoic Acid
What is Alpha Lipoic Acid?
Alpha Lipoic Acid, also known as Lipoic and Thioctic acid, is an antioxidant that has been used in the treatment of Vitamin C or E deficiency. Studies suggest it may have a positive effect in animal models of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease. It is also used as a chelator in heavy metal poisoning
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Reasons Taken
180 patients in the community are taking or have taken Alpha Lipoic Acid.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| General health | 57 | 31% |
| Slow my ALS progress | 55 | 30% |
| Other | 18 | 10% |
| Treat Parkinson's | 12 | 6% |
| Slow my MS progress | 8 | 4% |
| disease-related symptoms | 7 | 3% |
| Fatigue | 7 | 3% |
| Don't know | 3 | 1% |
| Improve immune function | 1 | <1% |
| Mobility | 1 | <1% |
| Fasciculations | 1 | <1% |
| Peripheral neuritis (neuropathy) | 1 | <1% |
| Brain fog | 1 | <1% |
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Alpha Lipoic Acid or how long patients were taking Alpha Lipoic Acid before stopping.
Currently taking Alpha Lipoic Acid
Stopped taking Alpha Lipoic Acid
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 6 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Moderate | 100% | 2 |
|---|
General health
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 100% | 6 |
Summary results are based on 6 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 6)
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- Rog
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: none
- Legs: none
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by Rog
Aug 23, 2008
- EfficacyCan't tell
- Side-effectsNone
- Slow my ALS progress
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- stickyfingers
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: none
- Chest: none
- Legs: mild
- See profile
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by stickyfingers
Sep 07, 2008
- EfficacyCan't tell
- Side-effectsNone
- Treat Parkinson's
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks