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What is L-Cysteine?

Cysteine is a nonessential amino acid (protein building block), meaning that cysteine can be made in the human body. Cysteine has a role in the proper function of the immune system.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell

See 1 patient currently taking L-Cysteine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

Reported Dosages

  100 g daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1  

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

Currently Taking L-Cysteine

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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
0

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of L-Cysteine

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

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of L-Cysteine

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of L-Cysteine

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

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Report created on May 28, 2012.