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What is Multivitamins?

A multivitamin is a preparation intended to supplement a human diet with vitamins, dietary minerals and other nutritional elements. Such preparations are available in the form of tablets, capsules, pastilles, powders, liquids and injectable formulations.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 1600 182 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Fatigue 84 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 60 2 Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 39 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 33 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Support immune health 25 2 Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 2228 patients currently taking Multivitamins

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 2
Mild
 13
None
 216

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Multivitamins

Nausea 3
Aftertaste 2
Indigestion 2
Diarrhea 1
Jaundice 1
Increased Hunger 1
See all 13 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Multivitamins. See all 118 dosages ►

  daily 1 mg daily 1 cap(s) daily 1 tab(s) daily 1 other daily 1 daily 2 cap(s) daily 2 tab(s) daily 100 mg daily 1,000 mg daily
  691 Number of Patients: 691 22 Number of Patients: 22 720 Number of Patients: 720 313 Number of Patients: 313 54 Number of Patients: 54 83 Number of Patients: 83 94 Number of Patients: 94 36 Number of Patients: 36 18 Number of Patients: 18 17 Number of Patients: 17  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Multivitamins (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 100   Other: 53%
Did not seem to work 28   Did not seem to work: 15%
Expense 17   Expense: 9%
Doctor's advice 17   Doctor's advice: 9%
Personal research 9   Personal research: 5%
Not indicated 8   Not indicated: 4%
Course of treatment ended 8   Course of treatment ended: 4%
Side effects too severe 7   Side effects too severe: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 1%

See all 173 patients who’ve stopped taking Multivitamins

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

Currently Taking Multivitamins

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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 Multivitamins

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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 Multivitamins

Always
 129 56%
Usually
 71 31%
Sometimes
 24 10%
Never
 7 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Multivitamins

Very
 4 2%
Somewhat
 8 3%
A little
 37 16%
Not at all
 182 79%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Multivitamins

$200+
 1 1%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 1%
$25-49
 20 14%
< $25
 119 84%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.