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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 4 1
Fatigue and sleepiness 2 0
Support another treatment 1 0
FATIGUE, EXHAUSTION 1 0
Serious skin issues 1 0
chronic pain 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 100%

Dosages

  daily 250 other daily
  13 Number of Patients: 13 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin B Complex (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense
2 100% Expense: 100%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Vitamin B Complex

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

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
1
4
2
2
1

Stopped Taking Vitamin B Complex

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
1 100%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

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Report created on November 22, 2009.