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See also: Vitamin Supplements

What is Multivitamins? A vitamin is a nutrient that is an organic compound required in tiny amounts for essential metabolic reactions in a living organism. Most vitamins must be obtained from the diet. Dietary supplements, containing vitamins, may ensure that adequate amounts are obtained, and may also contain minerals. Read more...Click to read more below

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.


Reasons Taken

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

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
General health 216 81%
Slow my ALS progress 20 7%
Other 5 1%
disease-related symptoms 2 <1%
Fatigue 2 <1%
Don't know 2 <1%
Mobility 1 <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
1
8
5
22
26
73

Stopped taking Multivitamins

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
3
3
8
5
13
Why Patients Stopped Taking Multivitamins (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 17 50% Other: 50%
Did not seem to work 9 26% Did not seem to work: 26%
Not indicated 4 12% Not indicated: 12%
Course of treatment ended 2 6% Course of treatment ended: 6%
Personal research 2 6% Personal research: 6%
Doctor's advice 1 3% Doctor's advice: 3%
Expense 1 3% Expense: 3%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 5 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 25% 1
Can't tell 75% 3

General health

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 5

Top reported side-effects include: Nausea, Indigestion

Summary results are based on 5 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 5)

  • Wayne Lampe
    Mouth/throat: mild
    Arms: mild
    Chest: mild
    Legs: moderate
    See profile
  • Wayne Lampe
  • by Wayne Lampe
    Aug 23, 2008
  • EfficacyCan't tell
  • Side-effectsNone
  • General health

  • SheilaT
    Mouth/throat: none
    Arms: none
    Chest: none
    Legs: mild
    See profile
  • SheilaT
  • by SheilaT
    Nov 27, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Slow my ALS progress
Advice/Tips
I feel like they help some.

See all evaluation results for Multivitamins



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