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What is Vitamin C?

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) 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. It is available in various formulations to be taken by mouth or by injection.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 253 10
Slow my ALS progress 136 5
Other 15 0
disease-related symptoms 5 0
Fatigue 3 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
14 100%

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Vitamin C. See all 54 dosages ►

  2 500mg as needed 500mg as needed daily 1 daily 1 mg daily 2 daily 3 daily 3 mg daily 5 daily 8 tbs. daily 60 daily 90 mg daily 100 daily 100 g daily 100 mg daily 125 mg daily 180 mg daily 200 mg daily 250 mg/5 mL daily 250 mg daily 300 daily 320 mg daily 400 intl units daily 400 mg daily 500 daily 500 mg/5 mL daily 500 mg daily 600 mg daily 800 mg daily 1000 daily 1000 intl units daily 1000 mg daily 2 x 500 mg/5 mL daily 1100 mg daily 1200 daily 1200 mg daily 1333 mg daily 1500 daily 1500 mg daily 2000 daily 2000 intl units daily 2000 mg daily 4 x 500 mg/5 mL daily 2500 daily 2500 mg daily 3000 daily 3000 intl units daily 3000 mg daily 3750 mg daily 4000 daily 4000 mg daily 4500 mg daily 20000 mg daily 250000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 34 Number of Patients: 34 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 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 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 8 Number of Patients: 8 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 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 82 Number of Patients: 82 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 16 Number of Patients: 16 2 Number of Patients: 2 124 Number of Patients: 124 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 7 Number of Patients: 7 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 52 Number of Patients: 52 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 30 Number of Patients: 30 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 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin C (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
31 56% Other: 56%
Did not seem to work
15 27% Did not seem to work: 27%
Expense
3 5% Expense: 5%
Personal research
3 5% Personal research: 5%
Doctor's advice
2 4% Doctor's advice: 4%
Not indicated
2 4% Not indicated: 4%
Side effects too severe
1 2% Side effects too severe: 2%

See all 53 patients who’ve stopped taking Vitamin C

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Vitamin C

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
7
12
24
50
100

Stopped Taking Vitamin C

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
2
5
16
14
15

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
9 64%
Usually
5 36%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
1 7%
Not at all
13 93%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
7 50%

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Report created on November 20, 2009.