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What is Vitamin Supplements?

Vitamins and minerals are substances needed in small but steady amounts for growth, function and health. Together, vitamins and minerals are called micronutrients. The body can't make most micronutrients, so you must get them from the foods or, in some cases, from dietary supplements.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 104 1
Other 15 0
Slow my MS progress 12 0
Fatigue 10 0
Anxiety 2 0
disease-related symptoms 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 100%

Dosages

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

  0mg as needed 100mg as needed 2.5other as needed daily 1 daily 1 g daily 1 mg daily 1 other daily 1 tab(s) daily 1 tbs. daily 2 daily 2 other daily 2 tab(s) daily 8 tab(s) daily 10 daily 10 tab(s) daily 12 tab(s) daily 25 tab(s) daily 30 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 g daily 200 mg daily 200 tab(s) daily 250 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily 600 mg daily 750 daily 800 mg daily 1000 daily 1000 mg daily 2000 mg daily 100000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 21 Number of Patients: 21 16 Number of Patients: 16 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 14 Number of Patients: 14 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 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 2 Number of Patients: 2 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 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin Supplements (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
4 40% Other: 40%
Expense
2 20% Expense: 20%
Did not seem to work
1 10% Did not seem to work: 10%
Not indicated
1 10% Not indicated: 10%

See all 7 patients who’ve stopped taking Vitamin Supplements

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Vitamin Supplements

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
6
10
46

Stopped Taking Vitamin Supplements

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 100%

Report created on November 21, 2009.