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What is Vitamin E?

Antioxidants such as vitamin E act to protect your cells against the effects of free radicals, which are potentially damaging by-products of energy metabolism. It is the collective name for a set of 8 related tocopherols and tocotrienols, fat-soluble vitamins with antioxidant properties.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 36 2
Treat Parkinson's 18 0
Other 7 0
Doctor's recommendation 1 0
disease-related symptoms 1 0
Assistive communication 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
2 100%

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Vitamin E. See all 14 dosages ►

  400 intl units as needed daily 100 intl units daily 200 intl units daily 200 mg daily 300 intl units daily 400 intl units daily 400 mg daily 700 mg daily 800 intl units daily 1000 intl units daily 1200 intl units daily 1600 intl units daily 2400 intl units daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 35 Number of Patients: 35 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 12 Number of Patients: 12 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin E (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
3 43% Other: 43%
Doctor's advice
2 29% Doctor's advice: 29%
Personal research
1 14% Personal research: 14%
Side effects too severe
1 14% Side effects too severe: 14%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped taking Vitamin E

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Vitamin E

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
0
8
16
23

Stopped Taking Vitamin E

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
2 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
2 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
2 100%

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Report created on November 24, 2009.