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What is Chromium Picolinate?

Chromium Picolinate is a nutritional supplement that is said to increase the efficiency of insulin to optimal levels.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 13 0
Other 7 1 Efficacy_none
Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) 5 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Craving sweets sugar 2 1 Efficacy_major
Weight loss 2 1 Efficacy_none
Depressed mood 2 0

See all 36 patients currently taking Chromium Picolinate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 5

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Chromium Picolinate

Mania 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Chromium Picolinate. See all 12 dosages ►

  200 daily 200 mcg daily 400 mcg daily 500 mcg daily 500 mg daily 800 daily 800 mcg daily 1,000 mcg daily 1,000 mg daily 2,000 mcg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 20 Number of Patients: 20 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 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  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Chromium Picolinate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 33%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 11%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 11%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 11%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped taking Chromium Picolinate

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

Currently Taking Chromium Picolinate

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

Stopped Taking Chromium Picolinate

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Chromium Picolinate

Always
 4 67%
Usually
 1 17%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 17%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Chromium Picolinate

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 6 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Chromium Picolinate

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

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Report created on May 28, 2012.