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What is Multivitamins?

A multivitamin is a preparation intended to supplement a human diet with vitamins, dietary minerals and other nutritional elements. Such preparations are available in the form of tablets, capsules, pastilles, powders, liquids and injectable formulations.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 540 46
Slow my MS progress 35 2
Fatigue 28 1
Other 21 1
Support another treatment 6 0
Anemia 5 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
2 4%
None
48 96%

Most commonly reported side effects

After taste
1 2%
Indigestion
1 2%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Multivitamins. See all 58 dosages

  1cap(s) as needed 1 tab(s) all the time (24/7) all the time (24/7) as needed daily weekly 2 cap(s) weekly 3 cap(s) weekly 0.5 cap(s) daily 5 g weekly 1 cap(s) daily 1 daily 1 intl units daily 1 mg daily 1 other daily 1 tab(s) daily 1 tbs. daily 2 cap(s) daily 2 mg daily 2 other daily 2 tab(s) daily 3 cap(s) daily 3 tab(s) daily 4 cap(s) daily 6 cap(s) daily 6 tab(s) daily 8 tab(s) daily 8.8 IU daily 10 intl units daily 10 mg daily 20 cap(s) daily 50 mg daily 53 mg daily 100 cap(s) daily 100 mg daily 100 other daily 100 tab(s) daily 120 cap(s) daily 150 mg daily 200 daily 200 intl units daily 200 mg daily 250 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 cap(s) daily 500 intl units daily 500 mg daily 500 other daily 600 mg daily 800 tab(s) daily 1000 cap(s) daily 1000 intl units daily 1000 mg daily 1000 tab(s) daily 1200 mg daily 1500 mg daily 5000 other daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 357 Number of Patients: 357 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 167 Number of Patients: 167 13 Number of Patients: 13 4 Number of Patients: 4 14 Number of Patients: 14 10 Number of Patients: 10 65 Number of Patients: 65 1 Number of Patients: 1 21 Number of Patients: 21 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 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 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 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 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 11 Number of Patients: 11 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Multivitamins (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
25 57% Other: 57%
Did not seem to work
4 9% Did not seem to work: 9%
Side effects too severe
3 7% Side effects too severe: 7%
Expense
2 5% Expense: 5%
Course of treatment ended
2 5% Course of treatment ended: 5%
Not indicated
2 5% Not indicated: 5%
Doctor's advice
1 2% Doctor's advice: 2%

See all 38 patients who’ve stopped taking Multivitamins

Currently Taking Multivitamins

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
4
13
84
86
197

Stopped Taking Multivitamins

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
3
5
8
9
5
9

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
30 60%
Usually
14 28%
Sometimes
4 8%
Never
2 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 2%
Somewhat
1 2%
A little
5 10%
Not at all
43 86%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 2%
$25-49
4 8%
< $25
28 56%

Report created on November 20, 2009.