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See also: Echinacea Goldenseal
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Reasons Taken
9 patients in the community are taking or have taken Echinacea.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| General health | 5 | 55% |
| Other | 3 | 33% |
Dosages
Based on the patients currently taking Echinacea.
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Echinacea or how long patients were taking Echinacea before stopping.
Currently taking Echinacea
Stopped taking Echinacea
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 1 patient evaluation. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Moderate | 100% | 1 |
|---|
Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 100% | 1 |
Summary results are based on 1 individual response. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 1)
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- thjuland
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Mild
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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by thjuland
Sep 20, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
- Advice/Tips
- With MS there is no neural tissue repair, without a functioning immune system.
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