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What is Emergen-C?

Emergen-C is a brand name Vitamin C product. Vitamin C is an antioxidant that humans cannot synthesize so it must be ingested via fruit or other sources. Small doses may reduce the severity and duration of colds.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 7 1 Efficacy_major
Other 5 0
Common cold 2 0
Prevent infection 1 1 Efficacy_major
Increase effect of another treatment 1 1 Efficacy_slight
Improve fluid intake / hydration 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 4

Reported Dosages

  1,000mg as needed 250mg as needed 90mg/mL as needed - as needed as needed 100 g daily 500 mg/5 mL daily 1,000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Emergen-C (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 50%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 50%

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

Currently Taking Emergen-C

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Emergen-C

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Emergen-C

Always
 1 25%
Usually
 2 50%
Sometimes
 1 25%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Emergen-C

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 25%
Not at all
 3 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Emergen-C

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 33%
< $25
 2 67%

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Report created on May 24, 2012.