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What is Sunshine UVB for Natural Vitamin D?

Humans make 90 percent of vitamin D naturally from sunlight exposure to skin, from ultraviolet B exposure to the skin, which naturally initiates the conversion of cholesterol in the skin to vitamin D3.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Support quality of life 1 1 Efficacy_major
General health 1 1 Efficacy_moderate
Depressed mood 1 1 Efficacy_major
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 1 1 Efficacy_major

See 1 patient currently using Sunshine UVB for Natural Vitamin D

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 0

Reported Schedules

  1 other
  1 Number of Patients: 1  

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

Currently Using Sunshine UVB for Natural Vitamin D

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Sunshine UVB for Natural Vitamin D

Always
 1 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Sunshine UVB for Natural Vitamin D

Very
 1 100%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Sunshine UVB for Natural Vitamin D

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

Report created on May 28, 2012.