Persons who reported using a second vitamin supplement to treat a specific disease or health problem were asked follow-up questions about combining the vitamin supplement with conventional medical treatment:

• Got no conventional treatment for 2nd vitamin supplement condition treated (VIT2TNOCONV)

• Got counseling for 2nd vitamin supplement condition treated (VIT2TCOUN)

• Got nonprescription meds for 2nd vitamin supplement condition treated (VIT2TNPMED)

• Got prescription meds for 2nd vitamin supplement condition treated (VIT2TPMED)

• Got physical therapy for 2nd vitamin supplement condition treated (VIT2TPT)

• Got surgery for 2nd vitamin supplement condition treated (VIT2TSURG)

Persons who had used their second vitamin supplement to treat a specific disease or problem were also asked what the condition was. There are 116 variables for specific conditions that respondents could indicate were treated with a vitamin supplement: 57 for adults only, 29 for children only, and 30 for both children and adults.

Sample adults only could indicate that they used a second vitamin supplement to treat:

• excessive alcohol or tobacco use (VIT2TALCTOB)

• angina (VIT2TANGINA)

• back pain or problem (VIT2TBACPAIN)

• bipolar disorder (VIT2TBIPOL)

• birth defect (VIT2TBIRTHD)

• anemia and blood disorders--adults (VIT2TBLOOD)

• chronic bronchitis (VIT2TCBRON)

• cholesterol (VIT2TCHOL)

• coronary heart disease (VIT2TCORON)

• other nerve damage, including carpal tunnel syndrome (VIT2TCTS)

• benign tumors or cysts (VIT2TCYST)

• dementia, including Alzheimer's disease (VIT2TDEMENT)

• dental pain (VIT2TDENPAIN)

• emphysema (VIT2TEMPH)

• excessive sleepiness during the day (VIT2TESLEEPY)

• fibromyalgia (VIT2TFIBRO)

• fracture, bone or joint injury (VIT2TFRACT)

• gout (VIT2TGOUT)

• gynecologic problem (VIT2TGYN)

• heart attack (VIT2THATT)

• hernia (VIT2THERN)

• hypertension (VIT2THYPER)

• inflammatory bowel disease (VIT2TINFB)

• stomach or intestinal illness (VIT2TINTEST)

• irritable bowel (VIT2TIRRB)

• jaw pain (VIT2TJAWPAIN)

• joint pain or stiffness/other joint condition (VIT2TJNTPAIN)

• weak or failing kidneys (VIT2TKIDNEY)

• poor circulation in legs (VIT2TLCIRC)

• liver problem (VIT2TLIVER)

• lupus (VIT2TLUPUS)

• mania or psychosis (VIT2TMANIA)

• memory loss or loss of other cognitive function (VIT2TMEMLOS)

• menopause (VIT2TMENOP)

• missing limbs (fingers, toes or digits), amputee (VIT2TMLIMB)

• neck pain or problem (VIT2TNECPAIN)

• circulation problems (other than in the legs) (VIT2TNLCIRC)

• other allergies--adults (VIT2TOALLA)

• other heart condition or disease (VIT2TOHART)

• other infectious diseases (VIT2TOINF)

• other injury (VIT2TOINJ)

• knee problems (not arthritis, not joint injury) (VIT2TOKNEE)

• osteoporosis, tendinitis (VIT2TOSTEO)

• polio (myelitis), paralysis, para/quadriplegia (VIT2TPOLIO)

• prostate trouble or impotence (VIT2TPROST)

• Rheumatoid arthritis (VIT2TRHEUM)

• schizophrenia (VIT2TSCHIZ)

• senility (VIT2TSENILE)

• skin problems--adults (VIT2TSKINA)

• sprain or strain (VIT2TSPRAIN)

• stress (VIT2TSTRESS)

• stroke (VIT2TSTROKE)

• substance abuse, other than alcohol or tobacco (VIT2TSUBST)

• ulcer (VIT2TULCER)

• varicose veins, hemorrhoids (VIT2TVEIN)

• other condition (VIT2TOTH2, VIT2TOTH3)

Persons responding for sample children could indicate that the child had used a second vitamin supplement to treat:

• abdominal pain (VIT2TABDOM)

• acne (VIT2TACNE)

• anemia -- children (VIT2TANEMC)

• back or neck pain (VIT2TBNPAIN)

• colitis (VIT2TCOLIT)

• congenital heart disease (VIT2TCONGHD)

• Down syndrome (VIT2TDOWN)

• ear infections (VIT2TEARINF)

• eczema or skin allergy (VIT2TECZEM)

• allergy to food (VIT2TFALL)

• fatigue (VIT2TFATIG)

• fever (VIT2TFEVER)

• cystic fibrosis (VIT2TFIBROS)

• incontinence (VIT2TINCON)

• muscular dystrophy (VIT2TMUSCD)

• neurological problems (VIT2TNEUROL)

• other allergies -- children (VIT2TOALLC)

• other heart conditions -- children (VIT2TOHARTC)

• other chronic pain (VIT2TOTHPAIN)

• cerebral palsy (VIT2TPALSY)

• chicken pox (VIT2TPOX)

• respiratory allergy (VIT2TRALL)

• sickle cell anemia (VIT2TSICKL)

• other skin problems--children (VIT2TSKINC)

• non-strep sore throat (VIT2TSORET)

• stammering or stuttering (VIT2TSTAM)

• strep throat or tonsillitis (VIT2TSTREP)

• nausea or vomiting (VIT2TVOMIT)

• warts (VIT2TWART)

For both sample adults and sample children, respondents could indicate use of a second vitamin supplement to treat:

• attention deficit disorder (VIT2TADD)

• anxiety (VIT2TANX)

• arthritis (VIT2TARTH)

• asthma (VIT2TASTH)

• autism (VIT2TAUT)

• cancer (VIT2TCANC)

• head or chest cold (VIT2TCOLD)

• constipation needing medication (VIT2TCONST)

• depression (VIT2TDEPRES)

• diabetes (VIT2TDIAB)

• influenza or pneumonia (VIT2TFLU)

• gum disease (VIT2TGUM)

• hay fever (VIT2THAY)

• hearing problem (VIT2THEAR)

• insomnia (VIT2TINSOM)

• menstrual problems (VIT2TMENST)

• migraine or severe headache (VIT2TMIG)

• other developmental problem (VIT2TODD)

• other lung or breathing problem (VIT2TOLUNG)

• other musculoskeletal problem (VIT2TOMUSC)

• phobias (VIT2TPHOBIA)

• acid reflux (VIT2TREFLUX)

• regular headaches (VIT2TREGHEAD)

• mental retardation (VIT2TRET)

• seizures (VIT2TSEIZ)

• sinusitis (VIT2TSINUS)

• urinary problem (VIT2TURIN)

• vision problem (VIT2TVISION)

• weight problem (VIT2TWEIGHT)

• other (VIT2TOTH1)

The aforementioned variables indicating which conditions respondents treated via a second vitamin supplement provide a "yes" or "no" response for each condition. Analysts interested in the conditions that a second vitamin supplement was used to treat may wish to consult the following summary variables, as well:

• Condition for which 2nd vitamin supplement was taken to treat most (VIT2TCONMOST)

• Condition count for 2nd vitamin supplement used to treat a condition (VIT2TCONNO)

Researchers may also be interested in the following related variables:

• Took 1st vitamin supplement to treat specific health problem (VIT1TREAT)

• Took 1st herbal supplement to treat specific health problem (HER1TREAT)

• Took 2nd herbal supplement to treat specific health problem (HER2TREAT)

• Took 1st vitamin supplement to prevent specific health problem (VIT1PREV)

• Took 2nd vitamin supplement to prevent specific health problem (VIT2PREV

• Took 1st herbal supplement to prevent specific health problem (HER1PREV)

• Took 2nd herbal supplement to prevent specific health problem (HER2PREV)

• Took herbal supplements to treat specific health problem, past 12 months (HERYTREAT)

• Took vitamins or minerals to treat specific health problem, past 12 months (VITYTREAT)