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What is Vitamin A?

Vitamin A is an essential human nutrient and refers to a family of similarly shaped molecules: the retinoids. Although Vitamin A is found only in foods of animal origin, some fruits and vegetables contain compounds, called cartenoids, that can be converted into vitamin A by your body.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 22 1 Efficacy_moderate
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 11 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 3 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 3 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Double vision (diplopia) 2 0
GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease) 2 0

See all 52 patients currently taking Vitamin A

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 6

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Vitamin A. See all 26 dosages ►

  daily 1 daily 2,500 intl units daily 5,000 intl units daily 8,000 intl units daily 9,615 daily 10,000 intl units daily 10,000 mg daily 25,000 units daily 50,000 units daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 15 Number of Patients: 15 4 Number of Patients: 4  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin A (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 9   Other: 53%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 18%
Expense 2   Expense: 12%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 6%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 6%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 6%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 6%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 6%

See all 16 patients who’ve stopped taking Vitamin A

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

Currently Taking Vitamin A

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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

Stopped Taking Vitamin A

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Vitamin A

Always
 4 67%
Usually
 2 33%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Vitamin A

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 17%
A little
 1 17%
Not at all
 4 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Vitamin A

$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 February 11, 2012.