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What is Prenatal Vitamin?

During pregnancy, a woman’s daily intake requirements for certain nutrients, such as folic acid, calcium, and iron will increase. Vitamins and minerals such as iron, calcium, and folic acid are vital for proper fetal growth, development, and healthy adult living.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 39 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 9 0
Pregnancy 8 2 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Vitamin deficiency 3 0
Vitamin D deficiency 3 0
Anemia 3 0

See all 73 patients currently taking Prenatal Vitamin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 2
None
 7

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

Nausea 1
Nausea and vomiting 1
Hyperkalemia 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Prenatal Vitamin. See all 12 dosages ►

  daily 0.8 mg daily 1 other daily 1 daily 1 cap(s) daily 1 mg daily 2.5 mg daily 27 mg daily 100 mcg daily 500 mg daily
  40 Number of Patients: 40 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 16 Number of Patients: 16 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Prenatal Vitamin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 8   Other: 53%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 20%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 13%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 7%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 7%

See all 15 patients who’ve stopped taking Prenatal Vitamin

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

Currently Taking Prenatal Vitamin

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

Stopped Taking Prenatal Vitamin

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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 Prenatal Vitamin

Always
 4 40%
Usually
 3 30%
Sometimes
 2 20%
Never
 1 10%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Prenatal Vitamin

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 10%
A little
 1 10%
Not at all
 8 80%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Prenatal Vitamin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 2 25%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 6 75%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.