Norplant vs. Multivitamin: side effect and effectiveness comparison (a real world drug study)
Summary:
We compare the side effects and drug effectiveness of Norplant and Multivitamin. The phase IV clinical study is created by eHealthMe based on reports (from sources including the FDA) of 503,751 people who take Norplant and Multivitamin, and is updated regularly.
What is Norplant?
Norplant has active ingredients of levonorgestrel. It is often used in birth control. eHealthMe is studying from 6,430 Norplant users. Check the latest studies of Norplant.
What is Multivitamin?
Multivitamin has active ingredients of ascorbic acid; biotin; cyanocobalamin; dexpanthenol; ergocalciferol; folic acid; niacinamide; pyridoxine hydrochloride; riboflavin phosphate sodium; thiamine hydrochloride; vitamin a; vitamin e. It is often used in vitamin supplementation. eHealthMe is studying from 83,597 Multivitamin users. Check the latest studies of Multivitamin.
eHealthMe: drug outcomes in the real world
eHealthMe runs one of the largest post-marketing drug safety studies in the world. We study millions of patients and 5,000 more each day. Our data-driven phase IV clinical trials have been referenced on 800+ peer-reviewed medical publications including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature. Tools to study our phase IV findings are available to the public, anonymous and free >>>.
503,751 people who take Norplant and Multivitamin are studied.

Drugs being compared in this study:
- Norplant (levonorgestrel)
- Multivitamin (ascorbic acid; biotin; cyanocobalamin; dexpanthenol; ergocalciferol; folic acid; niacinamide; pyridoxine hydrochloride; riboflavin phosphate sodium; thiamine hydrochloride; vitamin a; vitamin e)
Most common side effects of the drugs, overall:
Most common side effects of the drugs, in long term (1+ years) use:
Drug effectiveness:
Norplant:
- not at all: 2.7 %
- somewhat: 6.72 %
- moderate: 11.14 %
- high: 30.88 %
- very high: 48.57 %
Multivitamin:
- not at all: 2.9699999999999998 %
- somewhat: 21.54 %
- moderate: 39.45 %
- high: 27.31 %
- very high: 8.74 %
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Related studies
Alternative drugs to, pros and cons of:
- Norplant (6,416 reports)
- Multivitamin (79,195 reports)
Browse all side effects of Norplant:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zBrowse all side effects of Multivitamin:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zHow the study uses the data?
The study is based on levonorgestrel and ascorbic acid; biotin; cyanocobalamin; dexpanthenol; ergocalciferol; folic acid; niacinamide; pyridoxine hydrochloride; riboflavin phosphate sodium; thiamine hydrochloride; vitamin a; vitamin e (the active ingredients of Norplant and Multivitamin, respectively). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs or brand names) are also considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study.
Who is eHealthMe?
With medical big data and proven AI/ML algorithms, eHealthMe provides a platform for everyone to run phase IV clinical trials. We study millions of patients and 5,000 more each day. Results of our real-world drug study have been referenced on 800+ peer-reviewed medical publications, including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature. Our analysis results are available to researchers, health care professionals, patients (testimonials), and software developers (open API).
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