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Reasons Taken

14 patients in the community are taking or have taken Biotin.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 6 42%
General health 5 35%
hair loss 1 7%
Slow my MS progress 1 7%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Biotin.

  0 mg day 50 mcg day 1000 mg day 1500 mg day 5000 mg day
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Biotin or how long patients were taking Biotin before stopping.

Currently taking Biotin

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

Stopped taking Biotin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
1
1
1
0
0
Why Patients Stopped Taking Biotin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 3 75% Other: 75%
Did not seem to work 1 25% Did not seem to work: 25%
Expense 1 25% Expense: 25%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 1 patient evaluation. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 100% 1

General health

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

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

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 1 individual response. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 1)

  • D'awesome
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
  • D'awesome
  • by D'awesome
    Aug 26, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • General health
Advice/Tips
Take 1500mg daily.

See all evaluation results for Biotin



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