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What is L-Phenylalanine?

An essential amino acid produced by plants and microorganisms and obtained by animals through their diet. It is marketed as a nutritional supplement for its possible use as an analgesic (painkiller) and antidepressant.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Brain fog 1 0
Fibromyalgia 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Parkinson's Disease 1 0

See all 3 patients currently taking L-Phenylalanine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 2

Reported Dosages

  500 mg daily 760 mg daily 1,689 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking L-Phenylalanine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense 1   Expense: 50%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 50%
Other 1   Other: 50%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking L-Phenylalanine

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

Currently Taking L-Phenylalanine

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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
0
0
0

Stopped Taking L-Phenylalanine

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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
0
0

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of L-Phenylalanine

Always
 2 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of L-Phenylalanine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 2 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of L-Phenylalanine

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

Report created on May 28, 2012.