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What is Vitamin A?

Vitamin A is an essential human nutrient and refers to a family of similarly shaped molecules: the retinoids. Although Vitamin A is found only in foods of animal origin, some fruits and vegetables contain compounds, called cartenoids, that can be converted into vitamin A by your body.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
GERDS 2 0
Increaded risk of UTI 1 0

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Dosages

  1 intl units daily 2500 intl units daily 25000 units daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Vitamin A

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
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
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

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Report created on November 23, 2009.