Vitamin E Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: GNC Vitamin E, D-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate
What is Vitamin E?
Antioxidants such as vitamin E act to protect your cells against the effects of free radicals, which are potentially damaging by-products of energy metabolism. It is the collective name for a set of 8 related tocopherols and tocotrienols, fat-soluble vitamins with antioxidant properties.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General health | 128 |
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10 | |
| Slow my MS progress | 23 |
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3 | |||
| Other | 12 |
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2 | ||||
| Support another treatment | 7 |
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1 | ||||
| Brain fog | 5 |
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2 | |||
| Fatigue | 2 |
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1 |
See all 188 patients currently taking Vitamin E
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Vitamin E. See all 28 dosages ►
| 1000IU as needed | alpha100intlunits as needed | daily | withmixedtocopherols400intlunits as needed | 1 daily | 3 intl units daily | 16.5 intl units daily | 200 intl units weekly | 400 intl units weekly | 100 intl units daily | 100 mg daily | 200 intl units daily | 200 mg daily | 400 daily | 400 intl units daily | 400 mg daily | 500 daily | 500 intl units daily | 500 mg daily | 800 daily | 800 intl units daily | 1000 intl units daily | 1000 mg daily | 1200 intl units daily | 1600 intl units daily | 2000 intl units daily | 2400 intl units daily | 3000 intl units daily | ||
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23
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1
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1
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1
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5
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1
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16
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1
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4
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93
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1
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3
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1
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4
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13
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6
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2
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1
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Expense
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4 | 25% |
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Other
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4 | 25% |
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Personal research
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3 | 19% |
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Not indicated
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2 | 13% |
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 6% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 6% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 19 patient evaluations
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- KeepingOn
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: none
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- KeepingOn
- 400 intl units daily
- since Aug 19, 2008
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Other
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Side Effects
None
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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
- 400 intl units daily
- since Aug 20, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for General health
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Side Effects
None
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- jmscout
- Sex: F
- Sensation: None
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- jmscout
- 400 intl units daily
- since Sep 17, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Fatigue
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 19 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.