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See also: Vitamin Supplements

What is Multiple Vitamins? A vitamin is a nutrient that is an organic compound required in tiny amounts for essential metabolic reactions in a living organism. Most vitamins must be obtained from the diet. Dietary supplements, containing vitamins, may ensure that adequate amounts are obtained, and may also contain minerals.

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.


Reasons Taken

530 patients in the community are taking or have taken Multiple Vitamins.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
General health 382 72%
Slow my MS progress 20 3%
Other 17 3%
Fatigue 10 1%
Don't know 4 <1%
Support another treatment 2 <1%
Anemia 2 <1%
Emotional lability 1 <1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Multiple Vitamins.

Top 10 (Show all)

All (Show Top 10)

  0 All the time (24/7) 0 As needed 0 - Daily 0 cap(s) Daily 0 intl units Daily 0 mg Daily 0 other Daily 0 Daily 0 Weekly 1 tab(s) All the time (24/7) 5 g Weekly 1 cap(s) Daily 1 intl units Daily 1 mg Daily 1 other Daily 1 tab(s) Daily 1 Daily 2 cap(s) Daily 2 mg Daily 3 tab(s) Daily 8.8 intl units Daily 10 intl units Daily 10 mg Daily 50 mg Daily 53 mg Daily 100 cap(s) Daily 100 mg Daily 100 tab(s) Daily 150 mg Daily 200 intl units Daily 200 mg Daily 200 Daily 250 mg Daily 300 mg Daily 500 intl units Daily 500 mg Daily 600 mg Daily 1000 mg Daily 1200 mg Daily 1500 mg Daily 2500 mg Daily 5000 other Daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 63 Number of Patients: 63 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 101 Number of Patients: 101 1 Number of Patients: 1 195 Number of Patients: 195 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 28 Number of Patients: 28 3 Number of Patients: 3 14 Number of Patients: 14 8 Number of Patients: 8 18 Number of Patients: 18 14 Number of Patients: 14 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

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

Currently taking Multiple Vitamins

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
17
55
32
30
56
177

Stopped taking Multiple Vitamins

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
2
3
5
1
3
Why Patients Stopped Taking Multiple Vitamins (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 9 56% Other: 56%
Did not seem to work 2 13% Did not seem to work: 13%
Expense 2 13% Expense: 13%
Side effects too severe 2 13% Side effects too severe: 13%
Personal research 1 6% Personal research: 6%
Course of treatment ended 1 6% Course of treatment ended: 6%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 26 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 16% 4
Moderate 24% 6
Slight 16% 4
None 4% 1
Can't tell 40% 10

General health

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 4% 1
None 96% 25

Top reported side-effects include: Nausea, Indigestion

Summary results are based on 26 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 26)

  • notgivenup
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: mild
    Vision: none
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
  • notgivenup
  • by notgivenup
    Aug 20, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • General health

  • jmscout
    Sex: F
    Sensation: None
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: none
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
  • jmscout
  • by jmscout
    Sep 17, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • General health

See all evaluation results for Multiple Vitamins



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