In an important new study, researchers have found that vitamin D supplementation is a safe adjunctive therapy in patients with HIV.
As mentioned in a recent blog, randomized controlled trials (RCT) in vitamin D research are able to determine, with a reasonable amount of certainty, if vitamin D has an effect on a particular health condition.
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Thanks Jeff for your report. This one is an important step!
Would it hurt for a researcher to ask the Vitamin D Council for advice on what is a “High daily dose” and further seek advice on what might be an appropriate target blood level?
Lets hope other researchers can see that 7,000 iu / day did very little in raising blood levels. Maybe we can have 10,000 or 20,000 next time and also throw in a sizable amount of co-factors and while we are at it – lets get a bid of sun between “10 and 2 when your shadow is shorter than you.”
Dare we dream of 40,000 (adult) as a ‘Loading Dose’ to get the patients blood levels up much quicker so the vitamin D can start working earlier?
I don’t understand the drugs that these patients are on, but I have read that some chemo drugs can deplete vitamin D and more aggressive resupplying is needed just to maintain pre-chemo levels.
Greetings Defiant!
Brant Cebulla wrote a very nice piece back in January of this year on chemo possibly depleting vitamin D blood levels:
https://www.vitamindcouncil.org/blog/new-study-does-chemotherapy-have-an-effect-on-vitamin-d-levels/
And here is the journal article his blog was based upon:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3809206/
There is evidence that vitamin D might amplify the effects of chemo. Check of Henry Lahore’s VitaminDWiki:
http://www.vitamindwiki.com/Chemotherapy+might+be+amplified+by+vitamin+D