Vitamin E Treatment Report
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Brand Names:
Auxina e-400, d-alpha tocopheryl acetate, Ester-E, Ultra-Synergist E
See also:
Vitamin Supplements
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.
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Reasons Taken
113 patients in the community are taking or have taken Vitamin E.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| General health | 85 | 75% |
| Other | 8 | 7% |
| Slow my MS progress | 6 | 5% |
| Fatigue | 2 | 1% |
| disease-related symptoms | 1 | <1% |
| Bladder problems | 1 | <1% |
| Emotional lability | 1 | <1% |
| Brain fog | 1 | <1% |
| 0 day | 1 day | 3 intl units day | 6 intl units day | 100 mg day | 200 intl units day | 200 mg day | 400 intl units day | 400 mg day | 400 day | 500 intl units day | 500 mg day | 500 day | 800 intl units day | 800 day | 1000 intl units day | 1000 mg day | 1200 intl units day | 2000 intl units day | ||
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Duration
How long current patients have been taking Vitamin E or how long patients were taking Vitamin E before stopping.
Currently taking Vitamin E
Stopped taking Vitamin E
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 7 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 20% | 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 40% | 2 |
| Slight | 40% | 2 |
General health
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 100% | 7 |
Summary results are based on 7 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 7)
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- KeepingOn
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: none
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by KeepingOn
Aug 19, 2008
- EfficacyCan't tell
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
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0 helpful marks
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- notgivenup
- Sensation: Mild
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: mild
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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by notgivenup
Aug 20, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks