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Patient reasons for taking dietary supplements
| Bone and joint health: 23 |
| Physician recommendation: 10 |
| General health: 6 |
| “Always taken vitamins”: 5 |
| Hair and/or nail strength: 5 |
| Strengthen immune system: 5 |
| Heard or read it’s good for you: 5 |
| Not sure: 3 |
| Miscellaneous (insomnia, bladder symptoms, advancing age): 2 each |
| One each: |
| Lung health |
| Macular degeneration |
| Digestion |
| Constipation |
| Anti-inflammatory purposes |
| “Because it is good for my heart” |
