Green tea vs. Caffeine: side effect and effectiveness comparison (a real world drug study)
Summary:
We compare the side effects and drug effectiveness of Green tea and Caffeine. The phase IV clinical study is created by eHealthMe based on reports (from sources including the FDA) of 74,915 people who take Green tea and Caffeine, and is updated regularly.
What is Green tea?
Green tea has active ingredients of green tea. It is often used in weight loss. eHealthMe is studying from 66,542 Green tea users. Check the latest studies of Green tea.
What is Caffeine?
Caffeine has active ingredients of caffeine. It is often used in fatigue. eHealthMe is studying from 6,667 Caffeine users. Check the latest studies of Caffeine.
eHealthMe: drug outcomes in the real world
eHealthMe runs one of the largest post-marketing drug safety studies in the world. We study millions of patients and 5,000 more each day. Our data-driven phase IV clinical trials have been referenced on 800+ peer-reviewed medical publications including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature. Tools to study our phase IV findings are available to the public, anonymous and free >>>.
74,915 people who take Green tea and Caffeine are studied.

Drugs being compared in this study:
- Caffeine (caffeine)
- Green Tea (green tea)
Most common side effects of the drugs, overall:
Most common side effects of the drugs, in long term (1+ years) use:
Drug effectiveness:
Green Tea:
- not at all: 3.03 %
- somewhat: 22.73 %
- moderate: 51.52 %
- high: 16.67 %
- very high: 6.06 %
Caffeine:
- not at all: 2.07 %
- somewhat: 22.28 %
- moderate: 33.16 %
- high: 26.94 %
- very high: 15.54 %
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a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zHow the study uses the data?
The study is based on green tea and caffeine (the active ingredients of Green tea and Caffeine, respectively). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs or brand names) are also considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study.
Who is eHealthMe?
With medical big data and proven AI/ML algorithms, eHealthMe provides a platform for everyone to run phase IV clinical trials. We study millions of patients and 5,000 more each day. Results of our real-world drug study have been referenced on 800+ peer-reviewed medical publications, including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature. Our analysis results are available to researchers, health care professionals, patients (testimonials), and software developers (open API).
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