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Multivitamins Treatment Report

See also: Vitamin Supplements

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

783 patients in the community are taking or have taken Multivitamins.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
General health 533 68%
Slow my MS progress 32 4%
Fatigue 21 2%
Other 20 2%
Support another treatment 5 <1%
Don't know 4 <1%
Anemia 4 <1%
general health 1 <1%
General Health 1 <1%
Emotional lability 1 <1%

Other treatments patients are taking for General health include Omega 3 Fish Oil, Vitamin C, and Physical Exercise.

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Multivitamins.

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All (Show top 10)

  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: 2 358 Number of Patients: 358 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 163 Number of Patients: 163 13 Number of Patients: 13 4 Number of Patients: 4 14 Number of Patients: 14 10 Number of Patients: 10 64 Number of Patients: 64 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  

Duration

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

Currently Taking Multivitamins

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
3
12
97
76
196

Stopped Taking Multivitamins

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
3
5
7
9
5
9
Why Patients Stopped Taking Multivitamins (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 28 65% Other: 65%
Did not seem to work 5 12% Did not seem to work: 12%
Side effects too severe 3 7% Side effects too severe: 7%
Expense 3 7% Expense: 7%
Doctor's advice 2 5% Doctor's advice: 5%
Course of treatment ended 2 5% Course of treatment ended: 5%
Not indicated 2 5% Not indicated: 5%
Personal research 1 2% Personal research: 2%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 48 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 18% 8
Moderate 23% 10
Slight 14% 6
None 2% 1
Can't tell 43% 19

General health

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 4% 2
None 96% 46

Top reported side-effects include: Nausea, Indigestion, After taste

Summary results are based on 48 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 48)

  • notgivenup
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: mild
    Vision: mild
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: mild
    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 Multivitamins

Report created on November 07, 2009.