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What is Carnosine?

Carnosine is a dipeptide of the amino acids beta-alanine and histidine. It is highly concentrated in muscle and brain tissues.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 3 0
General health 1 1 Efficacy_slight
Other 1 0

See all 2 patients currently taking Carnosine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

Reported Dosages

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

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Carnosine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 3   Other: 50%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 17%
Expense 1   Expense: 17%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped taking Carnosine

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

Currently Taking Carnosine

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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

Stopped Taking Carnosine

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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 Carnosine

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 1 100%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Carnosine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Carnosine

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

Report created on May 28, 2012.