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What is Centrum Multivitamin?

A multivitamin and mineral supplement.

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Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 116 20 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Support nutritional health 10 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Fatigue 4 1 Efficacy_slight
Other 4 1 Efficacy_moderate
Support immune health 3 0
Don't know 3 0

See all 149 patients currently taking Centrum Multivitamin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 2
Mild
 2
None
 19

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Centrum Multivitamin

Nausea 1
Heartburn 1
Gas 1
Dark, soft stools 1
Bloating 1
Stomach problems 1
See all 7 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Centrum Multivitamin. See all 14 dosages ►

  daily 1 tab(s) daily 1 cap(s) daily 1 tbs. daily 1 other daily 1 daily 1 mg daily 200 intl units daily 200 mg daily 1,000 mg daily
  131 Number of Patients: 131 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Centrum Multivitamin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 13   Other: 62%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 14%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 10%
Expense 1   Expense: 5%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 5%

See all 20 patients who’ve stopped taking Centrum Multivitamin

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Centrum Multivitamin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Stopped Taking Centrum Multivitamin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Centrum Multivitamin

Always
 13 54%
Usually
 7 29%
Sometimes
 4 17%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Centrum Multivitamin

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 2 8%
A little
 4 17%
Not at all
 18 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Centrum Multivitamin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 4 22%
< $25
 14 78%

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Report created on May 24, 2012.