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What is Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)?

Vitamin D3 is the form of vitamin D called cholecalciferol. Cholecalciferol is the most widely known of the vitamin D series and is a fat soluble vitamin that is stored to some degree in the body. It is used as a dietary supplement, for the treatment of vitamin D deficiency, or to prevent a deficiency.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 138 29 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Vitamin D deficiency 121 26 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 112 21 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Vitamin D deficiency 76 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 33 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Support immune health 18 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 683 patients currently taking Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 4
Moderate
 3
Mild
 3
None
 99

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)

Constipation 1
Nausea 1
Dizziness 1
Abdominal pain 1
Skin rash 1
Gas 1
See all 9 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). See all 95 dosages ►

  400 intl units daily 5,000 intl units weekly 1,000 intl units daily 2,000 intl units daily 3,000 intl units daily 4,000 intl units daily 5,000 intl units daily 6,000 intl units daily 50,000 intl units weekly 10,000 intl units daily
  28 Number of Patients: 28 11 Number of Patients: 11 122 Number of Patients: 122 126 Number of Patients: 126 27 Number of Patients: 27 59 Number of Patients: 59 108 Number of Patients: 108 17 Number of Patients: 17 10 Number of Patients: 10 34 Number of Patients: 34  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 19   Other: 43%
Course of treatment ended 8   Course of treatment ended: 18%
Did not seem to work 5   Did not seem to work: 11%
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 11%
Side effects too severe 4   Side effects too severe: 9%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 7%
Expense 2   Expense: 5%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 2%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 2%

See all 42 patients who’ve stopped taking Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)

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

Stopped Taking Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)

Always
 83 76%
Usually
 22 20%
Sometimes
 4 4%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 2 2%
A little
 8 7%
Not at all
 99 91%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 1%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 4 6%
< $25
 62 93%

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Report created on February 12, 2012.