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What is Grape Seed Extract?

Grape Seed Extract is derived from oil that comes from ground red wine grapes. The extract contains proanthocyanidin which has antioxidant activities. Proanthocyanidins have also been shown to reduce cholesterol in patients with high cholesterol.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 11 2 Efficacy_cant_tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 7 2 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Pain 4 0
Other 3 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Support circulatory health 2 0
Migraine headaches 1 0

See all 30 patients currently taking Grape Seed Extract

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 7

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Grape Seed Extract. See all 14 dosages ►

  1 other daily 2 other daily 15 other daily 50 mcg daily 50 mg daily 60 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg 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 11 Number of Patients: 11 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Grape Seed Extract (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 50%
Other 2   Other: 33%
Expense 1   Expense: 17%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped taking Grape Seed Extract

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

Currently Taking Grape Seed Extract

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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 Grape Seed Extract

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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 Grape Seed Extract

Always
 4 57%
Usually
 1 14%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 2 29%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Grape Seed Extract

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 14%
Not at all
 6 86%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Grape Seed Extract

$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.