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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) 5 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 3 0
Other 2 0
for kidney 1 0
Liver pain 1 0
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Silymarin

Bipolar manic episodes 1

Reported Dosages

  1 g daily 95 mg daily 100 mg daily 234 mg daily 300 mg daily 500 mg daily 600 mg daily 750 mg daily 1,640 mg daily
  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 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Silymarin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 2   Other: 40%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 20%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 20%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 20%

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

Currently Taking Silymarin

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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 Silymarin

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Silymarin

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

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Silymarin

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Silymarin

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

Report created on May 28, 2012.