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Vitamin D Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: GNC Vitamin D, Vitacost Vitamin D, Nature's Bounty Vitamin D (Show all)
Generic Name: Vitamin D
What is Vitamin D?
Vitamin D is found in numerous dietary sources such as fish, eggs, fortified milk, and cod liver oil. The sun is also a significant contributor to the body's daily production of vitamin D. Cholecalciferol is the most widely known of the vitamin D series and is a fat soluble vitamin.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken |
# of patients
Efficacy
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Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| General health | 339 |
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31 |
| Multiple Sclerosis MS | 250 |
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28 |
| Vitamin D deficiency | 196 |
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16 | ||
| Other | 98 |
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9 | ||
| Fatigue | 35 |
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6 |
| Support another treatment | 18 |
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3 |
See all 1186 patients currently taking Vitamin D
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Vitamin D. See all 164 dosages ►
| 1000IU as needed | 1000mg as needed | 1.25 mg as needed | 400intlunits as needed | 5000intlunits as needed | daily | weekly | 1 cap(s) weekly | 1 mg weekly | 1 other weekly | 1 tab(s) weekly | 1.25 mg weekly | 2 cap(s) weekly | 1 cap(s) daily | 1 daily | 1 intl units daily | 1 mg daily | 1 tab(s) daily | 7 other weekly | 8 intl units weekly | 50 intl units monthly | 2 cap(s) daily | 2 mg daily | 2 other daily | 2 tab(s) daily | 2 tbs. daily | 4 gtt daily | 4 intl units daily | 4 tab(s) daily | 5 mg daily | 50 intl units weekly | 50 mg weekly | 10 mg daily | 400 intl units monthly | 15 intl units daily | 400 intl units every other week | 30 mcg daily | 1000 g monthly | 1000 intl units monthly | 50 mg daily | 400 intl units weekly | 75 mg daily | 100 daily | 100 intl units daily | 100 mg daily | 1000 intl units weekly | 150 daily | 150 intl units daily | 5000 intl units monthly | 5000 mg monthly | 200 intl units daily | 200 mg daily | 250 daily | 8000 intl units monthly | 300 intl units daily | 400 daily | 400 intl units daily | 400 mcg daily | 400 mg daily | 400 tab(s) daily | 500 daily | 500 intl units daily | 500 mg daily | 600 cap(s) daily | 600 daily | 600 intl units daily | 600 mg daily | 700 intl units daily | 5000 intl units weekly | 5000 mg weekly | 5000 other weekly | 800 daily | 800 intl units daily | 800 mg daily | 800 tab(s) daily | 1000 daily | 1000 intl units daily | 1000 mcg daily | 1000 mEq/L daily | 1000 mg daily | 1000 tab(s) daily | 1000 tbs. daily | 1200 daily | 1200 intl units daily | 1200 mg daily | 1400 intl units daily | 1400 mcg daily | 1400 tab(s) daily | 10000 intl units weekly | 1500 daily | 1500 mcg daily | 1500 mg daily | 1600 daily | 1600 intl units daily | 1650 intl units daily | 1666 intl units daily | 50,000 intl units monthly | 50000 intl units monthly | 50000 mcg monthly | 50000 mg monthly | 1800 intl units daily | 1900 intl units daily | 2000 daily | 2000 intl units daily | 2000 mcg daily | 2000 mg daily | 2000 other daily | 15000 intl units weekly | 2400 intl units daily | 2500 intl units daily | 2800 intl units daily | 2800 mcg daily | 20000 intl units weekly | 3000 daily | 3000 intl units daily | 3000 mcg daily | 3000 mg daily | 3500 intl units daily | 25000 intl units weekly | 50000 intl units every other week | 4000 daily | 4000 intl units daily | 4000 mcg daily | 4000 mg daily | 4000 tab(s) daily | 4800 intl units daily | 4800 mcg daily | 5000 cap(s) daily | 5000 intl units daily | 5000 mg daily | 5000 other daily | 6000 intl units daily | 6000 mg daily | 7000 intl units daily | 50,000 intl units weekly | 50000 intl units weekly | 50000 mcg weekly | 50000 mg weekly | 7143 intl units daily | 7150 mg daily | 8000 intl units daily | 9000 intl units daily | 10000 daily | 10000 intl units daily | 10000 mcg daily | 12000 intl units daily | 12000 mcg daily | 14000 intl units daily | 14000 mg daily | 2 x 50,000 intl units weekly | 15000 intl units daily | 15000 mg daily | 20000 intl units daily | 3 x 50,000 intl units weekly | 25000 intl units daily | 50000 daily | 50,000 intl units daily | 50000 intl units daily | 50000 mcg daily | 50000 other daily | 100000 intl units daily | 1000000 intl units weekly | 200000 intl units daily | 550000 intl units daily | ||
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Other
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22 | 42% |
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Course of treatment ended
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8 | 15% |
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Did not seem to work
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7 | 13% |
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Doctor's advice
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7 | 13% |
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Side effects too severe
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6 | 12% |
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Expense
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6 | 12% |
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Not indicated
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3 | 6% |
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Personal research
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1 | 2% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Patient Evaluations
See all 82 patient evaluations
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- capt bubba
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- capt bubba
- daily
- since Aug 19, 2008
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Mobility
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Can't really say the Dr says do it so I do. Trust your Dr. See full evaluation
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- notgivenup
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: mild
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- notgivenup
- 1000 mg daily
- since Aug 20, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for General health
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- jmscout
- Sex: F
- Sensation: None
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- jmscout
- 1000 mg daily
- since Sep 17, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for General health
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 82 patient evaluations
Report created on March 19, 2010.