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What is Multivitamins and minerals?

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. Vitamin supplements may also contain mineral supplements as well.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 227 37 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 19 0
Increase effect of another treatment 17 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Fatigue 6 0
Other 6 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 6 1 Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 365 patients currently taking Multivitamins and minerals

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 4
Moderate
 0
Mild
 3
None
 46

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Multivitamins and minerals

Nausea 1
Vomiting 1
Sty 1
Gastrointestinal discomfort 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Multivitamins and minerals. See all 32 dosages ►

  daily 1 other daily 1 daily 1 cap(s) daily 1 tab(s) daily 2 cap(s) daily 2 other daily 3 other daily 4 cap(s) daily 500 mg daily
  286 Number of Patients: 286 11 Number of Patients: 11 3 Number of Patients: 3 10 Number of Patients: 10 6 Number of Patients: 6 3 Number of Patients: 3 12 Number of Patients: 12 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Multivitamins and minerals (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 16   Other: 47%
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 15%
Did not seem to work 4   Did not seem to work: 12%
Side effects too severe 4   Side effects too severe: 12%
Expense 3   Expense: 9%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 6%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 3%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 3%

See all 31 patients who’ve stopped taking Multivitamins and minerals

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

Currently Taking Multivitamins and minerals

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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 Multivitamins and minerals

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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 Multivitamins and minerals

Always
 36 68%
Usually
 9 17%
Sometimes
 7 13%
Never
 1 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Multivitamins and minerals

Very
 1 2%
Somewhat
 2 4%
A little
 8 15%
Not at all
 42 79%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Multivitamins and minerals

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 3%
$50-99
 1 3%
$25-49
 8 24%
< $25
 23 70%

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Report created on February 10, 2012.