For persons who had received such medication (i.e., those with a "yes" response in VIT1TPMED), the complementary variable VIT1TPMEDTIM indicates whether they received such prescription medication before, at about the same time, or after they began taking the first vitamin supplement.

The survey question for VIT1TPMED also collected information about the use of other conventional medical treatments (or no conventional treatment) for the condition for which the first vitamin supplement was used the most, including:

• Mental health counseling (VIT1TCOUN)

• Over-the-counter medications (VIT1TNPMED)

• Surgery (VIT1TSURG)

• Physical therapy (VIT1TPT)

• No conventional treatment (VIT1TNOCONV)

For respondents who had taken a second vitamin supplement during the past 30 days (VITMOSUPNO) and had taken that second vitamin supplement to treat or cure a specific health problem or condition (VIT2TREAT), information was similarly collected on whether the person also received prescription medication or other forms of conventional medical treatment for the condition for which they most used the second vitamin supplement (VIT2TCONMOST). See, for example, VIT2TPMED.

For more information about the full range of variables related to vitamins, see VITANY and VITMO.