Vitamin D Treatment Report
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Brand Names:
America's Choice, AOC, Bio D, Carlson soft gels, CVS Brand, Ddrops, Designs for Health, Divine Health-Don Colbert, MD, Douglas Laboratories, Equate, Finest Natural, Freeda, Health Balance, Health Store Brand, Jamison, Life, Life Brand, Member's Mark, MNM, Naturally Preferred, Nature Made, Nature's Blend, Nature's Bounty, Natures Code (QVC), Nature's Life, Nature's Plus, New Sun, NOW, NSI, Ostevit, Pliva, Prairie Naturals, Pure, Pure Encapsulations, Puritan's Pride, Shaklee, Slaray, Solaray, Spring Valley, Sundown Natural, Sun outdoors, Swanson, Trader Joe's, Twinlab, UML POA, Usana, Vital Nutrients, Vitamin Shoppe, Walgreen Brand, Watson, Weil, Whole Foods
See also:
Calcitriol, Calcium Citrate and Vitamin D, Calcium Magnesium and Vitamin D, Calcium Magnesium and Vitamin D and Zinc, Caltrate, Citracal w/Vitamin D, Coral Calcium w/Magnesium and Vitamin D, Fosamax plus D, Kroger Calcium w/Vitamin D, Vitamin D2, Vitamin D3, Vitamin D Prescription, Vitamin Supplements
What is Vitamin D?
Vitamin D is found in numerous dietary sources such as fish, eggs, fortified milk, and cod liver oil. The sun is also a significant contributor to the body's daily production of vitamin D. Two forms are important in humans: ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) and cholecalciferol (vitamin D3).
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See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Reasons Taken
707 patients in the community are taking or have taken Vitamin D.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| General health | 350 | 49% |
| Slow my MS progress | 132 | 18% |
| Other | 123 | 17% |
| Don't know | 10 | 1% |
| Slow my ALS progress | 9 | 1% |
| Fatigue | 7 | <1% |
| Stiffness/spasticity | 5 | <1% |
| Treat Parkinson's | 4 | <1% |
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 4 | <1% |
| low vitamin d levels or deficient | 4 | <1% |
| Brain fog | 4 | <1% |
| disease-related symptoms | 3 | <1% |
| Emotional lability | 3 | <1% |
| Mobility | 2 | <1% |
| Mood swings | 1 | <1% |
| Migraines | 1 | <1% |
| MS | 1 | <1% |
| Depression | 1 | <1% |
| Pain | 1 | <1% |
| Osteoporosis | 1 | <1% |
| 0 intl units day | 0 mg day | 0 tab(s) day | 0 day | 0 mg none | 0 tab(s) week | 0 week | 1.25 mg week | 1 intl units day | 1 mg day | 1 tab(s) day | 1 day | 50 intl units month | 2 mg day | 2 tab(s) day | 5 mg day | 50 intl units week | 10 mg day | 10 tab(s) day | 15 intl units day | 20 intl units day | 400 mg week | 1000 g month | 50 mg day | 50 day | 75 mg day | 100 intl units day | 100 mg day | 100 day | 150 intl units day | 150 day | 5000 mg month | 200 intl units day | 200 mcg day | 200 mg day | 200 day | 250 mg day | 250 day | 300 intl units day | 300 mg day | 400 intl units day | 400 mg day | 400 tab(s) day | 400 day | 500 intl units day | 500 mg day | 500 day | 600 intl units day | 600 mg day | 600 tab(s) day | 600 day | 625 intl units day | 630 intl units day | 700 intl units day | 800 intl units day | 800 mg day | 800 tab(s) day | 800 day | 1000 intl units day | 1000 mcg day | 1000 mg day | 1000 other day | 1000 day | 1200 intl units day | 1200 mg day | 1200 day | 1262 intl units day | 1400 intl units day | 1400 tab(s) day | 1500 mg day | 1500 day | 1600 mg day | 1600 day | 1666 intl units day | 1800 mg day | 2000 intl units day | 2000 mg day | 2000 tab(s) day | 2000 day | 2100 intl units day | 2200 intl units day | 2200 mcg day | 2400 intl units day | 20000 intl units week | 3000 intl units day | 3000 mg day | 3000 day | 50000 tab(s) week | 4000 intl units day | 4000 mg day | 4000 day | 5000 intl units day | 5000 mg day | 5000 other day | 5000 day | 6000 intl units day | 6000 mg day | 7143 intl units day | 50000 intl units week | 50000 mg week | 7150 mg day | 8000 intl units day | 8000 mg day | 10000 intl units day | 10000 day | 12000 intl units day | 50000 intl units day | 50000 day | ||
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Duration
How long current patients have been taking Vitamin D or how long patients were taking Vitamin D before stopping.
Currently taking Vitamin D
Stopped taking Vitamin D
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 27 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 20% | 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 5% | 1 |
| Slight | 20% | 4 |
| Can't tell | 55% | 11 |
General health
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 4% | 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 96% | 26 |
Summary results are based on 27 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 27)
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- capt bubba
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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by capt bubba
Aug 19, 2008
- EfficacyCan't tell
- Side-effectsNone
- Mobility
- Advice/Tips
- Can't really say the Dr says do it so I do. Trust your Dr.
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- notgivenup
- Sensation: Mild
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: mild
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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by notgivenup
Aug 20, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks