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What is Centrum Silver?

Centrum Silver is a brand name multi vitamin in tablet form for adults 50+. For those who have difficulty swallowing tablets, Centrum Silver comes in a chewable tablet you can take without water that provides the same combination of B vitamins and the antioxidants vitamins C & E.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 127 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Cognitive impairment 3 0
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 3 0
Increased energy 2 0
Other 2 0
addtional vitamin D 1 0

See all 131 patients currently taking Centrum Silver

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 13

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Centrum Silver

Nausea sometimes 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Centrum Silver (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 13   Other: 72%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 6%
Expense 1   Expense: 6%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 6%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 6%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 6%

See all 18 patients who’ve stopped taking Centrum Silver

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Centrum Silver

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

Stopped Taking Centrum Silver

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Centrum Silver

Always
 10 71%
Usually
 3 21%
Sometimes
 1 7%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Centrum Silver

Very
 1 7%
Somewhat
 1 7%
A little
 1 7%
Not at all
 11 79%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Centrum Silver

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

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Report created on May 27, 2012.