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Multivitamins Treatment Report

See also: Vitamin Supplements

What is Multivitamins? A multivitamin is a preparation intended to supplement a human diet with vitamins, dietary minerals and other nutritional elements. Such preparations are available in the form of tablets, capsules, pastilles, powders, liquids and injectable formulations.


Reasons taken

1748 patients in the community are taking or have taken Multivitamins.

Top 10 (Show all)

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Multivitamins.

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  1cap(s) as needed 1 tab(s) all the time (24/7) 1tab(s) as needed all the time (24/7) as needed daily weekly 1 cap(s) weekly 2 cap(s) weekly 3 cap(s) weekly 0.5 cap(s) daily 5 g weekly 1 cap(s) daily 1 daily 1 intl units daily 1 mg daily 1 mL daily 1 other daily 1 tab(s) daily 1 tbs. daily 1 tps. daily 2 tbs. 2 cap(s) daily 2 daily 2 mg daily 2 other daily 2 tab(s) daily 2 tbs. daily 3 cap(s) daily 3 tab(s) daily 4 cap(s) daily 4 daily 4 tab(s) daily 5 cap(s) daily 5 other daily 6 cap(s) daily 6 daily 6 tab(s) daily 8 tab(s) daily 8.8 IU daily 9 cap(s) daily 10 daily 10 intl units daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 cap(s) daily 20 mg daily 20 other daily 50 mg daily 53 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 daily 80 mg daily 100 cap(s) daily 100 daily 100 mg daily 100 other daily 100 tab(s) daily 120 cap(s) daily 150 daily 150 mg daily 200 daily 200 intl units daily 200 mcg daily 200 mg daily 250 mg daily 250 tab(s) daily 300 mg daily 325 mg daily 350 mg daily 400 mg daily 480 mg daily 500 cap(s) daily 500 intl units daily 500 mg daily 500 mL daily 500 other daily 500 tab(s) daily 600 cap(s) daily 600 mg daily 800 mg daily 800 tab(s) daily 1000 cap(s) daily 1000 daily 1000 intl units daily 1000 mg daily 1000 tab(s) daily 1030 mg daily 1200 cap(s) daily 1200 mg daily 1500 mg daily 2000 mg daily 2200 mg daily 2500 mg daily 4000 mg daily 5000 other daily 6500 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 717 Number of Patients: 717 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 380 Number of Patients: 380 81 Number of Patients: 81 13 Number of Patients: 13 17 Number of Patients: 17 1 Number of Patients: 1 23 Number of Patients: 23 140 Number of Patients: 140 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 39 Number of Patients: 39 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 16 Number of Patients: 16 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 16 Number of Patients: 16 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 12 Number of Patients: 12 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 18 Number of Patients: 18 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Multivitamins or how long patients were taking Multivitamins before stopping.

Currently Taking Multivitamins

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
4
15
28
205
173
462

Stopped Taking Multivitamins

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
4
16
11
28
18
31
Why Patients Stopped Taking Multivitamins (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 69 56% Other: 56%
Did not seem to work 22 18% Did not seem to work: 18%
Doctor's advice 9 7% Doctor's advice: 7%
Expense 8 7% Expense: 7%
Not indicated 7 6% Not indicated: 6%
Personal research 7 6% Personal research: 6%
Side effects too severe 6 5% Side effects too severe: 5%
Course of treatment ended 5 4% Course of treatment ended: 4%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 112 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 19% 18
Moderate 30% 29
Slight 10% 10
None 1% 1
Can't tell 40% 38

General health

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 1% 1
Mild 6% 7
None 93% 104

Top reported side-effects include: Nausea, Indigestion, After taste

Summary results are based on 112 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 112)

  • jntdsn
    Sex: F
    Mouth/throat: mild
    Arms: moderate
    Chest: mild
    Legs: moderate
  • jntdsn
  • by jntdsn
    Aug 18, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • General health

  • notgivenup
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: mild
    Vision: mild
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: mild
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
  • notgivenup
  • by notgivenup
    Aug 20, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • General health

See all evaluation results for Multivitamins

Report created on November 07, 2009.