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Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) Treatment Report
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See also: D-Max D3
What is Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)?
Vitamin D3 is the form of vitamin D called cholecalciferol. It is produced naturally when the skin is exposed to the sun. It is the form of Vitamin D that is normally added to foods.
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Reasons Taken
73 patients in the community are taking or have taken Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol).
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| General health | 31 | 42% |
| Slow my MS progress | 15 | 20% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 4 | 5% |
| disease-related symptoms | 2 | 2% |
| Support another treatment | 1 | 1% |
| MS | 1 | 1% |
| Fatigue | 1 | 1% |
| Slow my ALS progress | 1 | 1% |
Dosages
Based on the patients currently taking Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol).
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| 0 day | 0 intl units none | 0.05 mg day | 0.25 intl units day | 1 other day | 2 day | 4 mg day | 100 day | 400 intl units day | 400 day | 670 mg day | 800 intl units day | 800 mg day | 800 day | 1000 intl units day | 1000 mg day | 1000 other day | 1000 day | 1200 intl units day | 1200 mg day | 1600 intl units day | 2000 intl units day | 2000 mg day | 2000 day | 3000 intl units day | 3000 mg day | 3400 intl units day | 4000 intl units day | 4000 mg day | 5000 day | 6000 intl units day | 7143 intl units week | 8000 intl units day | 9000 day | 10000 intl units day | ||
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Duration
How long current patients have been taking Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) or how long patients were taking Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) before stopping.
Currently taking Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
Stopped taking Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 6 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 25% | 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 25% | 1 |
| None | 25% | 1 |
| Can't tell | 25% | 1 |
General health
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 100% | 6 |
Summary results are based on 6 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 6)
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- mark61
- Sensation: Mild
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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by mark61
Sep 02, 2008
- EfficacyNone
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
- Advice/Tips
- Can't get Sun since I can't take the heat. But this doesn't help either.
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0 helpful marks
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- metameric
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
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by metameric
Oct 22, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
- Advice/Tips
- I think starting a D-3 regimen has been helping me enormously.
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0 helpful marks