Get Informed: Garlic
Active Ingredient(s)
Allium Sativum
What does it do?
This product is thought to help prevent heart disease. It works by dilating the blood vessels.
- Last Text Update:
- 2010-Mar-19 11:49 AM
- Last Data Update:
- 2010-Mar-19 9:03 PM
Other Names
- Garlic
- Garlite
- Kyolic
- Allium Sativum
How Safe Is It?
- Your Risk Rating
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- Average Risk Rating
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- Pregnancy Category:
- N/A
- Black Box Warning:
- No
Facts & Figures
- Date Approved
- 20 Mar 2010
- Est US Patients*
- 702,200
- Generic Available
- Yes
- OTC Available
- Yes
User Age Distribution*
< 21
21-39
40-59
60+
Age (Years)
* Estimated number of US people currently taking Garlic or its active ingredient based on population adjusted patient numbers registered with iGuard.org.
Recent alerts for Garlic
There have been no iGuard.org alerts regarding Garlic during the past year.
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What is Garlic used for?
iGuard is currently tracking more than 4,600 patients that use Garlic (or similar drugs with the same active ingredient(s)). Use the table below to learn why iGuard users take this product; click on any underlined condition to get information on other medications used for treatment.
| Disease / Condition | % | Average Severity |
|---|---|---|
| Prevent Infection | 55% | 
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| Heart Disease/Stroke Prevention | 50% | 
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| High Blood Pressure | 40% |
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| High Cholesterol | 35% | 
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How well does Garlic work?
iGuard regularly polls our more than 4,600 users taking Garlic (or similar drugs with the same active ingredient(s)) using the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medications (TSQM) . This feedback is continuously updated in tables below for the benefit of the iGuard community. To request scores for specific patient subgroups, please contact research@iguard.org.
Average Satisfaction Score
(out of 10)
Average Effectiveness Score
(out of 10)
- 100%
- of patients are confident that the good things about Garlic outweigh the bad things.
- 10%
- of patients wish they were told more before they started taking Garlic.
Common Side Effects of Garlic
iGuard regularly polls our more than 4,600 users taking Garlic (or similar drugs with the same active ingredient(s)) to monitor the development and frequency of side-effects. This feedback is continuously updated in tables and graphs below for the benefit of the iGuard community.
10% of patients experience side-effects on Garlic
< 1% of patients experience signifcant side-effects on Garlic
Most Common Side Effects...
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Bad Breath
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= 10%
Global Patient Feedback for Garlic (Allium Sativum) ( Post a comment )
Question/Comment:
I have stopped taking the aspirin daily, but continue with the garlic and lisonopril for high blood pressure. However I need a pain reducer and use 1 or 2 Advils before tennins or golf. Have not had problems so far. What other pain meds are available since I do not like to take prescriptions ones due to the sideeffects listed on them,
JoeK
79 year old Male – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2010-01-27 17:10:01
Question/Comment:
I'm going to eliminate the garlic pills as I do take baby aspirin in conjuction w/tamoxifen to prevent blood clots from the latter drug.
I w/continue to use garlic in my cooking--but not on a daily basis.
59 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2010-01-18 12:59:06
Question/Comment:
I have no idea if teh garlic is of any value.
79 year old Male – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2009-06-17 14:12:34
Question/Comment:
I am taking 600 MG of the Garlic for the heart, but a friends brother took it and helped his bp and I would get off the Aspirin, not the Garlic. I am taking another Vitamin which is good for my blood pressure, by the way. I am glad I found out the brand I have, withheld by me. I love the taste of Garlic when I am cooking Italian and other foods which bring a great smell for me to eat so the pill is not the only kinds I love to have for my health.
47 year old Male – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2009-03-05 20:05:38
Question/Comment:
I am taking 600 MG of the Garlic for the heart, but a friends brother took it and helped his bp and I would get off the Aspirin, not the Garlic. I am taking another Vitamin which is good for my blood pressure, by the way. I am glad I found out the brand I have, withheld by me.
47 year old Male – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2009-03-05 20:03:25
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Garlic