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What is Vitamin E?

Antioxidants such as vitamin E act to protect your cells against the effects of free radicals, which are potentially damaging by-products of energy metabolism. It is the collective name for a set of 8 related tocopherols and tocotrienols, fat-soluble vitamins with antioxidant properties.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 486 62 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 249 34 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 49 7 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 38 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Parkinson's Disease 21 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Don't know 17 4 Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 911 patients currently taking Vitamin E

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 3
None
 133

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Vitamin E

Itching (pruritus) 1
Bruising 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Vitamin E. See all 82 dosages ►

  daily 100 intl units daily 200 intl units daily 400 daily 400 intl units daily 800 daily 800 intl units daily 1,000 intl units daily 1,000 mg daily 1,200 intl units daily
  145 Number of Patients: 145 32 Number of Patients: 32 47 Number of Patients: 47 27 Number of Patients: 27 352 Number of Patients: 352 21 Number of Patients: 21 98 Number of Patients: 98 31 Number of Patients: 31 22 Number of Patients: 22 27 Number of Patients: 27  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin E (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 85   Other: 39%
Did not seem to work 66   Did not seem to work: 31%
Personal research 32   Personal research: 15%
Doctor's advice 22   Doctor's advice: 10%
Not indicated 16   Not indicated: 7%
Expense 13   Expense: 6%
Course of treatment ended 5   Course of treatment ended: 2%
Side effects too severe 4   Side effects too severe: 2%
Change in health plan coverage 3   Change in health plan coverage: 1%

See all 206 patients who’ve stopped taking Vitamin E

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

Currently Taking Vitamin E

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

Stopped Taking Vitamin E

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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 E

Always
 79 58%
Usually
 42 31%
Sometimes
 7 5%
Never
 9 7%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Vitamin E

Very
 3 2%
Somewhat
 5 4%
A little
 13 9%
Not at all
 116 85%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Vitamin E

$200+
 1 1%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 2 3%
$25-49
 4 5%
< $25
 69 91%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.