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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 Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
General health 9 0
Fatigue 3 0
Improve immune function 3 0

See all 22 patients currently taking Vitamin B Complex

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Dosages

  daily every other week weekly 60 mg daily 100 mg daily 250 mg daily 500 mcg daily 500 mg daily
  15 Number of Patients: 15 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  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin B Complex (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
1 50% Did not seem to work: 50%
Other
1 50% Other: 50%

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

Stopped Taking Vitamin B Complex

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

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Report created on March 21, 2010.