Vitamin C Treatment Report
See also: Buffered Vitamin C, Emergen-C, Ester-C, Vitamin C w/Dihydroquercetin, Vitamin C with Rose Hips, Vitamin Supplements
What is Vitamin C?
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is an antioxidant that humans cannot synthesize so it must be ingested via fruit or other sources. Small doses may reduce the severity and duration of colds. It is available in various formulations to be taken by mouth or by injection.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| General health | 169 |
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10 | |
| Other | 22 |
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2 | |||
| Slow my MS progress | 16 |
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1 | ||||
| Bladder problems | 13 |
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2 | |||
| Support another treatment | 6 |
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1 | ||||
| Fatigue | 4 |
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1 |
See all 262 patients currently taking Vitamin C
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Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Vitamin C. See all 37 dosages ►
| 1000 mg as needed | 1mg as needed | 1tab(s) as needed | 500mg as needed | daily | 1 daily | 1 intl units daily | 1 mg daily | 2 daily | 2 mg daily | 3 g daily | 10 g daily | 36 mg daily | 60 mg daily | 100 mg daily | 200 intl units daily | 200 mg daily | 250 mg daily | 400 intl units daily | 500 daily | 500 intl units daily | 500 mg daily | 1000 daily | 1000 intl units daily | 1000 mg daily | 1200 mg daily | 1250 daily | 1500 mg daily | 2000 mg daily | 3000 daily | 3000 mg daily | 4000 mg daily | 6000 mg daily | 8000 mg daily | 9000 mg daily | 10000 mg daily | 1000000 mg daily | ||
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1
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1
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3
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19
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3
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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3
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2
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2
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1
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80
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3
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2
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84
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1
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1
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5
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23
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2
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7
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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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Other
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12 | 71% |
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Expense
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3 | 18% |
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 6% |
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Personal research
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1 | 6% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 6% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Patient Evaluations
See all 17 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
- See profile
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- KeepingOn
- 500 mg daily
- since Aug 19, 2008
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for General health
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- nysteelerfan
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- nysteelerfan
- 500 mg daily
- since May 10, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for General health
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips just another pill to take everyday... See full evaluation
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- DUB
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Mild
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: mild
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- DUB
- 500 mg daily
- since Mar 21, 2009
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Efficacy
None
for Pregnancy
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 17 patient evaluations
Report created on November 20, 2009.