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What is Protein Supplements?

There are many different ways to take in additional protein in your diet through using supplements of different types including whey protein, whey protein isolate, micellar casein protein, egg protein, and soy protein.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 10 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 7 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 6 0
Fatigue 2 0
Support weight gain 2 1 Efficacy_major
Support weight loss 1 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 23 patients currently taking Protein Supplements

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 6

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Protein Supplements. See all 22 dosages ►

  daily 2 tbs. daily 15 g daily 20 g daily 23 g daily 30 g daily 240 g weekly 56 g daily 60 g daily 75 g daily
  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 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Protein Supplements (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense 2   Expense: 40%
Other 2   Other: 40%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 20%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 20%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 20%

See all 5 patients who’ve stopped taking Protein Supplements

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

Currently Taking Protein Supplements

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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 Protein Supplements

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Protein Supplements

Always
 3 50%
Usually
 2 33%
Sometimes
 1 17%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Protein Supplements

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 17%
Not at all
 5 83%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Protein Supplements

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 3 60%
< $25
 2 40%

Report created on February 10, 2012.