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What is Vitamin B Complex?

The B vitamins are eight water-soluble vitamins that play important roles in cell metabolism. Supplements containing all eight are generally referred to as a vitamin B complex.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 43 3
Slow my ALS progress 17 0
Other 8 0
Fatigue 4 0
Nerve pain (neuropathic pain) 1 0
Support another treatment 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
3 100%

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Vitamin B Complex. See all 17 dosages

  daily VitaminBComplex as needed 1 daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 5 mg daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 250 mcg daily 300 mg daily 350 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily 800 mg daily 1000 mg daily 2000 mg daily
  46 Number of Patients: 46 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 4 Number of Patients: 4 6 Number of Patients: 6 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 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin B Complex (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
8 44% Other: 44%
Did not seem to work
4 22% Did not seem to work: 22%
Not indicated
2 11% Not indicated: 11%
Personal research
1 6% Personal research: 6%
Side effects too severe
1 6% Side effects too severe: 6%
Course of treatment ended
1 6% Course of treatment ended: 6%

See all 17 patients who’ve stopped taking Vitamin B Complex

Currently Taking Vitamin B Complex

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
2
1
5
15
12

Stopped Taking Vitamin B Complex

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
4
4
1
5
3

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
3 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
3 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
3 100%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.