What is Amino acids?

An example of Amino acids

Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. Dietary proteins are the source of amino acids that the body needs but cannot make on its own.

Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
6 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
3 0
2 0
1 0
1 0
1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1
Moderate
0
Mild
1
None
3

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Amino acids

1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Amino acids. See all 13 dosages

  1 tbs. daily 4 mcg daily 4 other daily 5 tbs. daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily 4,500 mg daily
  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 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Amino acids (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 6   Did not seem to work: 67%
Other 2   Other: 22%
Expense 1   Expense: 11%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 11%

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Currently Taking Amino acids

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0
0
0

Stopped Taking Amino acids

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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 Amino acids

Always
1 20%
Usually
1 20%
Sometimes
3 60%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Amino acids

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 20%
A little
1 20%
Not at all
3 60%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Amino acids

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
1 33%
$50-99
1 33%
$25-49
1 33%
< $25
0 0%

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1 patient evaluation for Amino acids

  • Quiet
    Sex: M
    Data Quality: 2 stars
    MS: 6 yrs
    Mentor
    Type: Relapsing-Remitting
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: mild
    Vision: mild
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: mild
    Upper limb: mild
    Walking: mild
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Purpose: Other (Started Jun 19, 2008)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Sep 01, 2010 Daily Led_efficacy_1Led_defaultLed_defaultLed_defaultNone NoneNoneNoneNoneNone SometimesSometimesSometimesSometimesSometimes A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
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