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What is Multivitamins?

A multivitamin is a preparation intended to supplement a human diet with vitamins, dietary minerals and other nutritional elements. Such preparations are available in the form of tablets, capsules, pastilles, powders, liquids and injectable formulations.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 265 13
Slow my ALS progress 26 2
Other 8 0
Fatigue 4 0
Don't know 3 0
Mobility 2 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
15 100%

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Multivitamins. See all 44 dosages

  daily weekly 0.5 L daily 1 cap(s) daily 1 daily 1 intl units daily 1 mg daily 1 other daily 1 tab(s) daily 1 tbs. daily 1 tps. daily 2 cap(s) daily 2 daily 2 tab(s) daily 2 tbs. daily 3 cap(s) daily 4 daily 5 cap(s) daily 6 daily 10 cap(s) daily 15 mg daily 50 mg daily 80 daily 100 daily 100 mg daily 150 daily 200 daily 325 mg daily 350 mg daily 400 mg daily 480 mg daily 500 cap(s) daily 500 intl units daily 500 mg daily 500 mL daily 500 tab(s) daily 600 cap(s) daily 600 mg daily 1000 mg daily 1030 mg daily 1200 mg daily 2000 mg daily 2200 mg daily 6500 mg daily
  136 Number of Patients: 136 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 46 Number of Patients: 46 46 Number of Patients: 46 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 16 Number of Patients: 16 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 3 Number of Patients: 3 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 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 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 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 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 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  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Multivitamins (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
27 49% Other: 49%
Did not seem to work
14 25% Did not seem to work: 25%
Not indicated
4 7% Not indicated: 7%
Doctor's advice
3 5% Doctor's advice: 5%
Personal research
3 5% Personal research: 5%
Course of treatment ended
2 4% Course of treatment ended: 4%
Expense
2 4% Expense: 4%

See all 51 patients who’ve stopped taking Multivitamins

Currently Taking Multivitamins

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
2
3
26
27
82

Stopped Taking Multivitamins

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
6
4
11
8
21

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
12 80%
Usually
3 20%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
1 7%
Not at all
14 93%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
1 7%
< $25
9 60%

Report created on November 20, 2009.