What is Acai Berry?

An example of Acai Berry

Acai has been used for many generations by the natives of Brazil. Acai boasts 10 times the antioxidant benefits of grapes and twice that of blueberries. The juice and pulp of açaí fruits (Euterpe oleracea) are frequently used in various juice blends, smoothies, sodas, and other beverages.

Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
24 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
9 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
5 1 Efficacy_none
2 0
1 0
1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0
Moderate
1
Mild
0
None
13

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Acai Berry

1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Acai Berry. See all 27 dosages

  1 other daily 1 tbs. daily 2 other daily 2 tbs. daily 4 tps. daily 50 g daily 50 mcg daily 500 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 2,000 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 10 Number of Patients: 10 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Acai Berry (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 8   Did not seem to work: 40%
Other 5   Other: 25%
Expense 4   Expense: 20%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 10%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 10%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 5%

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Currently Taking Acai Berry

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Stopped Taking Acai Berry

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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Acai Berry

Always
9 64%
Usually
4 29%
Sometimes
1 7%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Acai Berry

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
1 7%
Not at all
13 93%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Acai Berry

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
1 14%
$50-99
1 14%
$25-49
1 14%
< $25
4 57%

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8 patient evaluations for Acai Berry

Purpose: General health (Started Jan 01, 2009)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Sep 17, 2011 2000 mg Daily ?Can't tell NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Nov 14, 2010 400 mg Daily ?Can't tell NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
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Purpose: Support weight loss (Started Dec 27, 2010)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jun 01, 2011 1206 mg Daily ?Can't tell NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
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Purpose: anti-oxidant (Started Dec 04, 2009)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Dec 01, 2010 600 mg Daily ?Can't tell NoneNoneNoneNoneNone UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Date
Dec 01, 2010
Advice & Tips
l dont remember just how long i took this, sometime in the fall of 2010 i quit taking it.
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