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What is Vitamin B?

The B vitamins are eight water-soluble vitamins that play important roles in cell metabolism that they are chemically distinct and often coexist in the same foods. Supplements containing all eight are called Vitamin B complex. Individual B vitamin supplements are referred to by the specific name.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 102 3
Slow my ALS progress 53 2
Other 13 1
Fatigue 11 1
Stiffness/Spasticity 4 0
Don't know 2 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
8 100%

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Vitamin B. See all 62 dosages ►

  as needed daily monthly 1 mg monthly 1 monthly 1 mg weekly 0.15 IU daily 1 cap(s) daily 1 daily 1 mg daily 1 tab(s) daily 1.2 mg daily 2 cap(s) daily 2 mcg daily 2 mL daily 2.5 mg daily 3 daily 3 mg daily 5 mcg daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mcg daily 20 mg daily 25 mcg daily 25 mg daily 28 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 45 mg daily 50 daily 50 mcg daily 50 mg daily 100 daily 100 mcg daily 100 mg daily 1000 mg weekly 200 daily 200 mcg daily 200 mg daily 250 mcg daily 250 mg daily 500 mcg daily 500 mg daily 600 mcg daily 1000 daily 1000 mcg daily 1000 mg daily 1010 mcg daily 1100 mg daily 1200 mcg daily 1200 mg daily 1500 mcg daily 1500 mg daily 2000 mcg daily 2000 mg daily 2500 mcg daily 3000 mcg daily 5000 daily 5000 mcg daily 6000 mcg daily 10000 mg daily 400000 mcg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 29 Number of Patients: 29 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 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 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 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 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 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 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 9 Number of Patients: 9 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 17 Number of Patients: 17 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 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin B (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
16 40% Other: 40%
Did not seem to work
15 38% Did not seem to work: 38%
Not indicated
4 10% Not indicated: 10%
Doctor's advice
3 8% Doctor's advice: 8%
Expense
3 8% Expense: 8%
Personal research
3 8% Personal research: 8%
Course of treatment ended
2 5% Course of treatment ended: 5%

See all 38 patients who’ve stopped taking Vitamin B

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Vitamin B

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
2
12
27
31

Stopped Taking Vitamin B

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
2
11
8
10
6

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
4 50%
Usually
4 50%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
1 13%
Not at all
7 88%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
1 13%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
1 13%
< $25
5 63%

Report created on November 21, 2009.