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What is Blue Green Algae?

The two main blue-green algae types are Spirulina and Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (AFA). It contains small amounts of protein, vitamins, beta carotene, and some minerals but in negligible amounts. Some products harvested from natural settings in lakes have been found to contain contaminants.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 17 10 Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 13 1 Efficacy_none
Other 5 2 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Support immune health 2 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Anemia 1 0
Support nutritional health 1 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 34 patients currently taking Blue Green Algae

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 2
Mild
 1
None
 16

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Blue Green Algae

Constipation 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Blue Green Algae. See all 28 dosages ►

  1 other daily 1 cap(s) daily 4 tab(s) daily 30 g weekly 16 cap(s) daily 50 mg daily 500 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 1,500 mg daily 2,000 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Blue Green Algae (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 7   Did not seem to work: 35%
Other 6   Other: 30%
Expense 4   Expense: 20%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 15%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 10%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 5%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 5%

See all 20 patients who’ve stopped taking Blue Green Algae

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

Currently Taking Blue Green Algae

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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 Blue Green Algae

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Blue Green Algae

Always
 8 42%
Usually
 8 42%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 3 16%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Blue Green Algae

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 6 32%
Not at all
 13 68%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Blue Green Algae

$200+
 2 14%
$100-199
 1 7%
$50-99
 5 36%
$25-49
 2 14%
< $25
 4 29%

Report created on February 11, 2012.