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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.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 147 21
Fatigue 21 4
Support another treatment 10 1
Other 3 0
Depression 2 1
Decreased appetite 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
4 15%
None
22 85%

Most commonly reported side effects

Nausea
2 8%
Sexual dysfunction
1 4%
Increased Hunger
1 4%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Multivitamins. See all 35 dosages ►

  1tab(s) as needed daily 1 cap(s) weekly 1 cap(s) daily 1 daily 1 intl units daily 1 mg daily 1 other daily 1 tab(s) daily 2 tbs. 2 cap(s) daily 2 tab(s) daily 3 cap(s) daily 4 cap(s) daily 4 tab(s) daily 5 other daily 6 daily 9 cap(s) daily 10 daily 50 mg daily 60 mg daily 100 cap(s) daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mcg daily 250 tab(s) daily 300 mg daily 500 cap(s) daily 500 mg daily 500 tab(s) daily 1000 mg daily 1200 cap(s) daily 1500 mg daily 2000 mg daily 2500 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 79 Number of Patients: 79 2 Number of Patients: 2 64 Number of Patients: 64 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 23 Number of Patients: 23 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Multivitamins (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
5 45% Other: 45%
Did not seem to work
1 9% Did not seem to work: 9%
Expense
1 9% Expense: 9%
Doctor's advice
1 9% Doctor's advice: 9%
Not indicated
1 9% Not indicated: 9%

See all 9 patients who’ve stopped taking Multivitamins

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Multivitamins

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
4
3
33
29
41

Stopped Taking Multivitamins

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
3
0
2
4
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
10 38%
Usually
10 38%
Sometimes
5 19%
Never
1 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 4%
A little
4 15%
Not at all
21 81%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
2 8%
< $25
14 54%

Report created on November 21, 2009.