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What is Multivitamins and minerals?

A vitamin is a nutrient that is an organic compound required in tiny amounts for essential metabolic reactions in a living organism. Most vitamins must be obtained from the diet. Vitamin supplements may also contain mineral supplements as well.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 239 41 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 23 1 Efficacy_major
Increase effect of another treatment 18 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 6 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Fatigue 6 0
Other 6 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 376 patients currently taking Multivitamins and minerals

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 4
Moderate
 0
Mild
 4
None
 50

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

Nausea 1
Vomiting 1
Sty 1
Urine smell abnormal 1
Gastrointestinal discomfort 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Multivitamins and minerals. See all 33 dosages ►

  daily 1 tab(s) daily 1 daily 1 other daily 1 cap(s) daily 1 mg daily 2 other daily 3 other daily 4 cap(s) daily 500 mg daily
  297 Number of Patients: 297 6 Number of Patients: 6 3 Number of Patients: 3 12 Number of Patients: 12 11 Number of Patients: 11 2 Number of Patients: 2 11 Number of Patients: 11 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Multivitamins and minerals (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 19   Other: 49%
Did not seem to work 5   Did not seem to work: 13%
Expense 5   Expense: 13%
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 13%
Side effects too severe 4   Side effects too severe: 10%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 5%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 5%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 3%

See all 36 patients who’ve stopped taking Multivitamins and minerals

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

Currently Taking Multivitamins and minerals

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Stopped Taking Multivitamins and minerals

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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 and minerals

Always
 40 69%
Usually
 10 17%
Sometimes
 7 12%
Never
 1 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Multivitamins and minerals

Very
 1 2%
Somewhat
 3 5%
A little
 9 16%
Not at all
 45 78%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Multivitamins and minerals

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 3%
$50-99
 1 3%
$25-49
 8 23%
< $25
 25 71%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.