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Generic Name: Nutritional supplements
See also: Andrew Lessman's Healthy Hair, Skin and Nails, Cranberry Plus C, Hemp seed, Mineral Supplements, ProEFA-X, Vitamin Supplements

What is Nutritional supplements? A dietary supplement, also known as food supplement or nutritional supplement, is a preparation intended to supply nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals, fatty acids or amino acids, that are missing or are not consumed in sufficient quantity in a person's diet. Some countries define dietary supplements as foods, while in others they are defined as drugs.


Reasons Taken

301 patients in the community are taking or have taken Nutritional supplements.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
General health 114 38%
Slow my ALS progress 66 22%
Other 41 13%
Slow my MS progress 17 5%
Fatigue 13 4%
Treat Parkinson's 10 3%
disease-related symptoms 7 2%
Treat my mood condition(s) 5 1%
Brain fog 3 1%
Don't know 3 1%
Treat my HIV 3 1%
Bladder problems 2 <1%
Fasciculations 1 <1%
Peripheral neuritis (neuropathy) 1 <1%
Insomnia 1 <1%
Memory problems 1 <1%
Weakness in arms 1 <1%
Mobility 1 <1%
Swollen glands 1 <1%
Fibromyalgia 1 <1%
Stiffness/spasticity 1 <1%
Pain 1 <1%
Constipation 1 <1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Nutritional supplements.

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  0 mL day 0 mg day 0 tbs. day 0 day 0 g none 0 tps. none 0 week 0.5 tps. day 1 g day 1 mg day 1 tbs. day 1 tps. day 1 day 1.56 g day 2 tab(s) day 2 tbs. day 2 tps. day 2 day 2.2 g day 3 g day 3 mg day 3 other day 3 tbs. day 3 day 4 mg day 4 tbs. day 6 g day 6 mL day 6 tab(s) day 6 tbs. day 6 day 15 mg day 20 g day 20 mg day 50 g day 50 mg day 60 g day 100 mg day 104 mg day 120 mg day 125 mg day 140 mg day 150 mg day 200 mg day 225 mg day 250 mg day 300 mg day 375 mg day 400 mg day 500 mg day 600 mcg day 600 mg day 610 mg day 640 mg day 650 mg day 700 mg day 720 mg day 750 mg day 770 mg day 800 mg day 900 mg day 965 mg day 1000 mg day 1200 mg day 1500 mg day 1540 mg day 1800 mg day 2000 mg day 2400 mg day 5400 mg day
  4 Number of Patients: 4 29 Number of Patients: 29 1 Number of Patients: 1 11 Number of Patients: 11 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 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 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 21 Number of Patients: 21 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 21 Number of Patients: 21 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 22 Number of Patients: 22 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 20 Number of Patients: 20 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Nutritional supplements or how long patients were taking Nutritional supplements before stopping.

Currently taking Nutritional supplements

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
12
22
36
48
30
58

Stopped taking Nutritional supplements

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
5
13
8
9
10
Why Patients Stopped Taking Nutritional supplements (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 21 45% Did not seem to work: 45%
Other 11 23% Other: 23%
Expense 9 19% Expense: 19%
Not indicated 3 6% Not indicated: 6%
Personal research 2 4% Personal research: 4%
Side effects too severe 2 4% Side effects too severe: 4%
Course of treatment ended 2 4% Course of treatment ended: 4%
Doctor's advice 1 2% Doctor's advice: 2%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 5 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

None 50% 1
Can't tell 50% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 20% 1
None 80% 4

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 5 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 5)

  • notgivenup
    Sensation: moderate
    Overall: mild
    Cognition: none
    Vision: none
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • notgivenup
  • by notgivenup
    Aug 20, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • General health

  • Rog
    Mouth/throat: none
    Arms: moderate
    Chest: none
    Legs: none
    See profile
  • Rog
  • by Rog
    Aug 23, 2008
  • EfficacyCan't tell
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Slow my ALS progress

See all evaluation results for Nutritional supplements



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