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What is Vitamin B? The B vitamins are eight water-soluble vitamins that play important roles in cell metabolism that they are chemically distinct and often coexist in the same foods. Supplements containing all eight are called Vitamin B complex. Individual B vitamin supplements are referred to by the specific name.
Reasons Taken
428 patients in the community are taking or have taken Vitamin B.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| General health | 137 | 32% |
| Other | 92 | 21% |
| Fatigue | 70 | 16% |
| Slow my MS progress | 33 | 7% |
| Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia) | 11 | 2% |
| Don't know | 6 | 1% |
| Brain fog | 4 | <1% |
| Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) | 3 | <1% |
| disease-related symptoms | 2 | <1% |
| Support another treatment | 2 | <1% |
| Emotional lability | 2 | <1% |
| Fatigue | 1 | <1% |
| Optic neuritis (inflammation of optic nerve) | 1 | <1% |
| Hand twitches | 1 | <1% |
| secondary symptoms | 1 | <1% |
| low B12 level | 1 | <1% |
| Stiffness/spasticity | 1 | <1% |
| Pain | 1 | <1% |
| Cognition | 1 | <1% |
| Assistive communication | 1 | <1% |
| Anxiety | 1 | <1% |
| 0 mcg Daily | 0 Daily | 0 Monthly | 0.1 mg As needed | 0.1 mg Monthly | 0.1 mg Every Other Week | 1 mg Every Other Week | 1 mg Monthly | 1 mL Monthly | 1 Monthly | 1 mg Every Other Week | 3 Monthly | 1 mg Monthly | 1 mg Weekly | 1 mL Weekly | 0.3 mcg Daily | 10 mg Monthly | 1 intl units Daily | 1 mcg Daily | 1 mg Daily | 1 Daily | 1 mg Every Other Week | 1 mg Monthly | 1 other Monthly | 1.5 mg Daily | 2 mcg Daily | 2 Daily | 2 mg Monthly | 2.5 mg Daily | 3 intl units Daily | 100 mcg Monthly | 5 mcg Daily | 6 mcg Daily | 6 mg Daily | 200 mg Monthly | 8 mcg Daily | 15 mcg Daily | 20 mcg Daily | 30 mg Daily | 32 mcg Daily | 1000 intl units Monthly | 1000 mcg Monthly | 1000 mg Monthly | 35 mcg Daily | 40 mg Daily | 50 mcg Daily | 50 mg Daily | 50 Daily | 60 Daily | 1000 mcg Every Other Week | 100 mcg Daily | 100 mg Daily | 100 Daily | 1000 mg Weekly | 200 mcg Daily | 200 mg Daily | 219 mcg Daily | 250 mcg Daily | 250 mg Daily | 300 mg Daily | 400 mg Daily | 500 intl units Daily | 500 mcg Daily | 500 mg Daily | 500 Daily | 600 mcg Daily | 600 mg Daily | 1000 intl units Daily | 1000 mcg Daily | 1000 mg Daily | 1000 Daily | 1000 mcg Weekly | 1200 mcg Daily | 1500 mcg Daily | 1500 mg Daily | 2000 mcg Daily | 2000 mg Daily | 2000 Daily | 2500 mcg Daily | 2500 mg Daily | 2500 Daily | 5000 mcg Daily | ||
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Duration
How long current patients have been taking Vitamin B or how long patients were taking Vitamin B before stopping.
Currently taking Vitamin B
Stopped taking Vitamin B
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 22 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 25% | 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 13% | 1 |
| Slight | 25% | 2 |
| Can't tell | 38% | 3 |
Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 14% | 3 |
| None | 86% | 19 |
Top reported side-effects include: eat all the time, some times I can't go to sleep so don't take b-12 too late in the day
Summary results are based on 22 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 22)
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- feathers4me
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: severe
- See profile
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by feathers4me
Aug 18, 2008
- EfficacySlight
- Side-effectsNone
- Fatigue
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- notgivenup
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: mild
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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by notgivenup
Aug 20, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks