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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 & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 125 13
Treat Parkinson's 10 1
Other 6 0
Stiffness/Spasticity 1 0
Don't know 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 7%
Mild
1 7%
None
12 86%

Most commonly reported side effects

Nausea
1 7%
After taste
1 7%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Multivitamins. See all 27 dosages

  as needed daily 1 cap(s) daily 1 daily 1 intl units daily 1 mg daily 1 other daily 1 tab(s) daily 2 cap(s) daily 2 daily 2 mg daily 2 tab(s) daily 3 cap(s) daily 4 cap(s) daily 6 cap(s) daily 50 mg daily 100 cap(s) daily 100 mg daily 100 tab(s) daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 intl units daily 800 mg daily 1000 daily 1000 mg daily 1200 cap(s) daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 76 Number of Patients: 76 44 Number of Patients: 44 17 Number of Patients: 17 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 10 Number of Patients: 10 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 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 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 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 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Multivitamins (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
4 44% Other: 44%
Side effects too severe
2 22% Side effects too severe: 22%
Expense
1 11% Expense: 11%
Personal research
1 11% Personal research: 11%
Doctor's advice
1 11% Doctor's advice: 11%

See all 8 patients who’ve stopped taking Multivitamins

Currently Taking Multivitamins

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
3
15
14
72

Stopped Taking Multivitamins

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
6 43%
Usually
7 50%
Sometimes
1 7%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 7%
A little
3 21%
Not at all
10 71%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
2 14%
< $25
7 50%

Report created on November 20, 2009.