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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 275 32 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Fatigue 92 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 60 6 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 46 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 45 5 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Parkinson's Disease 17 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 706 patients currently taking Vitamin B Complex

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 4
Mild
 4
None
 72

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Vitamin B Complex

Increased appetite 4
Urine abnormal color 2
Nausea 2
Increased energy 1
Racing mind 1
Degenerative joint disease DJD 1
See all 8 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Vitamin B Complex. See all 51 dosages ►

  daily weekly VitaminBComplex as needed 1 mg daily 1 cap(s) daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily
  574 Number of Patients: 574 7 Number of Patients: 7 10 Number of Patients: 10 9 Number of Patients: 9 10 Number of Patients: 10 12 Number of Patients: 12 19 Number of Patients: 19 7 Number of Patients: 7 6 Number of Patients: 6 14 Number of Patients: 14  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin B Complex (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 48   Other: 49%
Did not seem to work 16   Did not seem to work: 16%
Personal research 13   Personal research: 13%
Expense 10   Expense: 10%
Doctor's advice 10   Doctor's advice: 10%
Not indicated 7   Not indicated: 7%
Course of treatment ended 7   Course of treatment ended: 7%
Side effects too severe 4   Side effects too severe: 4%

See all 95 patients who’ve stopped taking Vitamin B Complex

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

Currently Taking Vitamin B Complex

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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

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Vitamin B Complex

Always
 45 56%
Usually
 21 26%
Sometimes
 10 12%
Never
 5 6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Vitamin B Complex

Very
 2 2%
Somewhat
 5 6%
A little
 9 11%
Not at all
 65 80%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Vitamin B Complex

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 2%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 40 98%

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Report created on February 12, 2012.