For patients with vitamin D deficiency, what is the appropriate replacement dose? Evidence-Based Answer: Both ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) 1,000 IU and cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) 1,000 IU are equally effective in raising 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels [25(OH) D]. Oral replacement with 50,000...
Adequacy of vitamin D replacement in severe deficiency is dependent on body mass index. 来自 掌桥科研 喜欢 0 阅读量: 39 作者:P Lee,JR Greenfield,MJ Seibel,JA Eisman,JR Center 摘要: Obesity is associated with hypovitaminosis D. Whether body mass index (BMI) determines the replacement dose ...
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with the onset and progression of hypertension and cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, mechanisms underlying vitamin D deficiency-mediated increased risk of CVD remain unknown. We sought to examine the differential effect of high-dose versus low-dose vitamin D ...
Patients with pulmonary hypertension and vit D deficiency were enrolled into this study. All patients in addition to standard treatment for pulmonary hypertension received cholecalciferol at a dose of 50,000 IU weekly plus calcicare (at a dose of 200 mg magnesium + 8 mg zinc + 400 IU vit D...
To optimize study design and ascertain safety and efficacy of the chosen loading dose of 540,000 IU of cholecalciferol, we performed a pilot trial in 25 medical critically ill patients with vitamin D deficiency[25]. Adverse effects like hypercalcemia or hypercalciuria did not occur in this pilot...
Also, vitamin D3 deficiency is responsible for most autoimmune diseases. Be sure that you test your 25(OH)D3 levels. The level, if you are in a disease state, should be high normal in the normal range of 30 to 100 ng/ml (suggest 80 +/- 10 ng/ml). –Mark Pegram ...
Vitamin D3 (along with calcium supplements) is often used to treat three bone health conditions that a vitamin D deficiency can cause. (7) Rickets (soft and weak bones in children) Osteomalacia (soft and weak bones in adults) Osteoporosis (thin and weakening bones in older adults) ...
Vitamin D deficiency and supplementation during pregnancy. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2009;70(5):685-690.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 37. Chakhtoura M, El Ghandour S, Shawwa K, et al. Vitamin D replacement in children, adolescents and pregnant women in the Middle East and North Africa: a ...
vitamin D deficiency may be a contributing factor in number of diseases, such as inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases and abnormal bone metabolism2,3,4,5. Vitamin D signaling occurs when an active hydroxylated metabolite of vitamin D3(1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3; 1,25-D3; Calcitriol...
Loading Dose Vitamin D Study: Cholecalciferol 5000units daily compared to 1000units daily for the treatment of moderate to severe vitamin D deficiency in Elderly Patients (LDVD Study),Alfred Hosptial,Interventional,Phase 4