What is Multivitamins?
Category: Supplements
Most popular types: Multi Vitamins for Women Centrum Silver One A Day Women's Show all
See also: Thorne Basic Nutrients V Vitamin Supplements
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.
| Purpose | Patients | Evaluations | Perceived Effectiveness |
|---|---|---|---|
| General health | 2955 | 594 | |
| Fatigue | 246 | 59 | |
| Multiple sclerosis | 113 | 22 | |
| Support nutritional health | 54 | 14 | |
| Support immune health | 45 | 5 |
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- Slight
- None
- Can't tell
Side effects
Side effects as an overall problem
| Severity | Evaluations | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Severe | 4 | |
| Moderate | 17 | |
| Mild | 29 | |
| None | 651 |
Commonly reported side effects and conditions associated with Multivitamins
| Side effect | Patients | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Nausea | 9 | |
| Aftertaste | 2 | |
| Constipation | 2 | |
| Fatigue | 2 | |
| Flatulence | 2 | |
| Indigestion | 2 |
Why patients stopped taking Multivitamins
Multiple reasons could be selected
| Reason | Patients | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 215 | |
| Did not seem to work | 69 | |
| Expense | 52 | |
| Personal research | 42 | |
| Doctor's advice | 41 | |
| Course of treatment ended | 21 | |
| Side effects too severe | 14 | |
| Change in health plan coverage | 2 |
Duration
Stopped taking Multivitamins
| Duration | Patients | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 1 month | 32 | |
| 1 - 6 months | 64 | |
| 6 months - 1 year | 76 | |
| 1 - 2 years | 65 | |
| 2 - 5 years | 80 | |
| 5 - 10 years | 50 | |
| 10 years or more | 51 |
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