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What is Multivitamin with minerals?

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. Vitamin supplements may also contain mineral supplements as well.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 23 3
HIV Infection 1 1
Treat my HIV 1 1
Diabetes Type I (insulin dependent) 1 1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
1 20%
None
4 80%

Most commonly reported side effects

Nausea
1 20%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  daily weekly 1 tab(s) daily 2 other daily 20 g daily 100 mg daily 500 mg daily
  29 Number of Patients: 29 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  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Multivitamin with minerals (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
2 100% Other: 100%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Multivitamin with minerals

Currently Taking Multivitamin with minerals

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
7
8
10

Stopped Taking Multivitamin with minerals

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
4 80%
Usually
1 20%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
1 20%
Not at all
4 80%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
5 100%

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Report created on November 23, 2009.