Recovery from symptoms
How quickly did you notice improvement after treatment was started?
One of the most frequently asked questions by patients is when will they notice improvement or how soon will they recover after treatment has started. 63% of the patients who were given injections, experienced improvement within the first 8 weeks. For 9% it took between 2 and 3 months, for 9% it took longer than 3 months, for 11% it took longer than 6 months and 8% experienced no improvement.
Patients who had symptoms for longer than 5 years had to wait a little longer for recovery: 57% noticed improvement within the first 8 weeks, 7% after 2 to 3 months, 8% after 3 to 6 months, 14% took longer than 6 months and 13% had no improvement.
Symptoms for less than a year: 70% noticed improvement within 8 weeks, 8% after 2 to 3 months, 8% after 3 to 6 months, 7% took longer than 6 months and 7% had no improvement.
People who used sublingual tablets generally observed fairly rapid improvement as well. 30 % of people using ordinary high dosage tablets noticed no improvement at all and for those using low dosage tablets this was even above 40%.
How many symptoms do you still have after one year (or longer) of treatment?
- of the patients who had symptoms for less than a year: 12% recovered completely, 34% recovered largely and 4% experienced no improvement
- patients who had symptoms for 1-2 years: 7% recovered completely, 39% largely and 4% no improvement
- patients who had symptoms for 2-3 years: 4% recovered completely, 29% largely and 3% no improvement
- patients who had symptoms for 3-5 years: 4% recovered completely, 27% largely and 4% no improvement
- patients who had symptoms for more than 5 years: 5% recovered completely, 29% largely and 7% no improvement