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What is Vitamin B?

The B vitamins are eight water-soluble vitamins that play important roles in cell metabolism that they are chemically distinct and often coexist in the same foods. Supplements containing all eight are called Vitamin B complex. Individual B vitamin supplements are referred to by the specific name.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 271 23 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Fatigue 129 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 112 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 56 5 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 50 3 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Numbness and Tingling with Pins and Needles 11 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none

See all 713 patients currently taking Vitamin B

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 3
None
 71

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

Injection site reaction 1
Overeating 1
some times I can't go to sleep so don't take b-12 too late in the day 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Vitamin B. See all 135 dosages ►

  daily 1 mg daily 1 cap(s) daily 1 tab(s) daily 100 mg daily 500 mg daily 500 mcg daily 1,000 mcg daily 1,000 mg daily 2,000 mcg daily
  88 Number of Patients: 88 30 Number of Patients: 30 24 Number of Patients: 24 30 Number of Patients: 30 25 Number of Patients: 25 23 Number of Patients: 23 29 Number of Patients: 29 112 Number of Patients: 112 29 Number of Patients: 29 15 Number of Patients: 15  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin B (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 46   Other: 40%
Did not seem to work 27   Did not seem to work: 23%
Course of treatment ended 15   Course of treatment ended: 13%
Expense 11   Expense: 9%
Personal research 8   Personal research: 7%
Doctor's advice 7   Doctor's advice: 6%
Not indicated 3   Not indicated: 3%
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 2%

See all 109 patients who’ve stopped taking Vitamin B

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

Currently Taking Vitamin B

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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

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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

Always
 35 47%
Usually
 24 32%
Sometimes
 9 12%
Never
 7 9%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Vitamin B

Very
 1 1%
Somewhat
 1 1%
A little
 12 16%
Not at all
 61 81%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Vitamin B

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 2%
$50-99
 1 2%
$25-49
 4 9%
< $25
 38 86%

Report created on February 09, 2012.