What is Glycine?

Category: Supplements

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See also: Amino acids

Glycine is one of the non-essential amino acids and is used to help create muscle tissue and convert glucose into energy. It is also essential to maintaining healthy central nervous and digestive systems, and has recently been shown to provide protection via antioxidants from some types of cancer.

Reported purpose & perceived effectiveness
Purpose Patients Evaluations Perceived Effectiveness
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 3 1
Increase effect of another treatment 2 1
Multiple sclerosis 2 0
Aspartylglucosaminuria 1 1
General health 1 1
Neurological fatigue 1 1

Show all 8 reasons taken


  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell

Side effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Side effects as an overall problem
Severity Evaluations Percentage
Severe 0
Moderate 0
Mild 0
None 4

Commonly reported side effects and conditions associated with Glycine

Side effect Patients Percentage

Why patients stopped taking Glycine

Multiple reasons could be selected

Reason Patients Percentage
Course of treatment ended 2
Did not seem to work 1
Other 1
Side effects too severe 1
See all 3 patients who've stopped taking Glycine

Duration

Stopped taking Glycine

Duration Patients Percentage
1 - 6 months 1
1 - 2 years 1
2 - 5 years 1
Adherence
Adherence Evaluations Percentage
Always 3
Usually 1
Sometimes 0
Never taken as prescribed 0
Burden
Burden Evaluations Percentage
Very hard to take 0
Somewhat hard to take 0
A little hard to take 0
Not at all hard to take 4
Cost per month
Cost per month Evaluations Percentage
$200+ 0
$100-199 0
$50-99 0
$25-49 0
< $25 2
Not specified 2
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There are no evaluations for Glycine.