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What is Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)?

Riboflavin, also known as Vitamin B2, is required for a wide variety of cellular processes. Like the other B vitamins, it plays a key role in energy metabolism, and is required for the metabolism of fats, ketone bodies, carbohydrates, and proteins. Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Migraine headaches 9 0
General health 6 1 Efficacy_moderate
Other 5 0
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 3 0
Parkinson's Disease 3 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Mitochondrial Disease 2 0

See all 32 patients currently taking Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 3

Reported Dosages

  daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15.7 mg daily 20 mg daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 400 mg daily
  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 2 Number of Patients: 2 10 Number of Patients: 10 7 Number of Patients: 7 7 Number of Patients: 7  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 5   Other: 56%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 22%
Expense 1   Expense: 11%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 11%

See all 9 patients who’ve stopped taking Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)

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

Currently Taking Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)

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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 Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)

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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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)

Always
 1 33%
Usually
 2 67%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 33%
A little
 2 67%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)

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

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Report created on February 12, 2012.