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Vitamin D Supplementation and Covid-19/Long Covid Clinical Outcomes

5 points by bookofjoe 8mo ago

pwr1 8mo ago
I take 10k-50k IU vitamin D3 every day and haven't been sick in years (knock on wood). Not saying that vitamin D3 is protecting me, but just saying...
- slow_typist 8mo ago
  Wow that is a lot. 4,000 I.U. is the upper limit according to NIH — https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminD-Consumer/#:~:text=The%20daily%20upper,vitamin%20D%20deficiency. https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminD-Consumer/#:~:text...
  - pwr1 8mo ago
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- bookofjoe 8mo ago
  Might be worth checking your blood level. $17.46 to do so at home seems reasonable. https://altruan.com/products/all-test-vitamin-d-test-kit-rapid-quick-test-1-piece?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22153800141&gbraid=0AAAAAoNVMXBUqg8hamZ14x0KXmU8hsK5G&gclid=CjwKCAjw1N7NBhAoEiwAcPchp8F2wllmTB35oRdRK6jBEmAGLfBqrJfSwXtIns46vUUvoI-fRMQsVxoCANAQAvD_BwE https://altruan.com/products/all-test-vitamin-d-test-kit-rap...
  - pwr1 8mo ago
    Obviously I do that. Also take appropriate amounts of K2.
    - bookofjoe 8mo ago
      >Obviously I do that It wasn't obvious to me.
  - slow_typist 8mo ago
    The test will probably be useless, it will only show that op has enough vitamin D in their blood
    - bookofjoe 8mo ago
      >... it will only show that op has enough vitamin D in their blood How can you know the result if you haven't tested?
      - slow_typist 8mo ago
        I can’t obviously. But if they don’t have enough, despite massive overdosing for years, that would be very surprising. (The test only shows one of three possible outcomes. It is not a quantitative procedure.)
        bookofjoe 8mo ago
        Concur: that would be surprising. I was more focused on the possibility of having a dangerously high blood level which is fraught with negative sequelae. This test — among many others — offer quantitative results at home: https://empowerdxlab.com/products/product/VITD?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17182725115&gbraid=0AAAAACm7y90rvVfIlgaHs3c3SIPoCD15W&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9-PNBhDfARIsABHN6-0YawOhE2pSCGUVSi91HmgQq6jxiVlNXpXmd81Nypi0wYZ269KIYgUaAuRTEALw_wcB https://empowerdxlab.com/products/product/VITD?gad_source=1&...
        slow_typist 8mo ago
        Pretty expensive though. Lab costs in Germany are <20 € for a quantitative test and the cost of the physician for taking the sample is usually covered by insurance.
slow_typist 8mo ago
”…participants did not significantly differ between the vitamin D3 (n = 863) and placebo (n = 884) groups [cumulative incidences, 0.28 compared with 0.29; odds ratio (OR), 0.97; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.75, 1.24]. Similar nonsignificant results were observed for the prespecified secondary treatment and prevention outcomes, though per-protocol analyses showed a nonsignificant trend toward benefit of vitamin D3 on the prevalence of long COVID at 8 wk (OR, 0.78; 95% CI: 0.59, 1.03).“ Nothing to see here, but in general it is a good idea to publish non-results and should be done on a regular basis.

5 points by bookofjoe 8mo ago

pwr1 8mo ago

I take 10k-50k IU vitamin D3 every day and haven't been sick in years (knock on wood). Not saying that vitamin D3 is protecting me, but just saying...

slow_typist 8mo ago
Wow that is a lot. 4,000 I.U. is the upper limit according to NIH — https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminD-Consumer/#:~:text=The%20daily%20upper,vitamin%20D%20deficiency. https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminD-Consumer/#:~:text...
- pwr1 8mo ago
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bookofjoe 8mo ago
Might be worth checking your blood level. $17.46 to do so at home seems reasonable. https://altruan.com/products/all-test-vitamin-d-test-kit-rapid-quick-test-1-piece?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22153800141&gbraid=0AAAAAoNVMXBUqg8hamZ14x0KXmU8hsK5G&gclid=CjwKCAjw1N7NBhAoEiwAcPchp8F2wllmTB35oRdRK6jBEmAGLfBqrJfSwXtIns46vUUvoI-fRMQsVxoCANAQAvD_BwE https://altruan.com/products/all-test-vitamin-d-test-kit-rap...
- pwr1 8mo ago
  Obviously I do that. Also take appropriate amounts of K2.
  - bookofjoe 8mo ago
    >Obviously I do that It wasn't obvious to me.
- slow_typist 8mo ago
  The test will probably be useless, it will only show that op has enough vitamin D in their blood
  - bookofjoe 8mo ago
    >... it will only show that op has enough vitamin D in their blood How can you know the result if you haven't tested?
    - slow_typist 8mo ago
      I can’t obviously. But if they don’t have enough, despite massive overdosing for years, that would be very surprising. (The test only shows one of three possible outcomes. It is not a quantitative procedure.)
      - bookofjoe 8mo ago
        Concur: that would be surprising. I was more focused on the possibility of having a dangerously high blood level which is fraught with negative sequelae. This test — among many others — offer quantitative results at home: https://empowerdxlab.com/products/product/VITD?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17182725115&gbraid=0AAAAACm7y90rvVfIlgaHs3c3SIPoCD15W&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9-PNBhDfARIsABHN6-0YawOhE2pSCGUVSi91HmgQq6jxiVlNXpXmd81Nypi0wYZ269KIYgUaAuRTEALw_wcB https://empowerdxlab.com/products/product/VITD?gad_source=1&...
        slow_typist 8mo ago
        Pretty expensive though. Lab costs in Germany are <20 € for a quantitative test and the cost of the physician for taking the sample is usually covered by insurance.

slow_typist 8mo ago

”…participants did not significantly differ between the vitamin D3 (n = 863) and placebo (n = 884) groups [cumulative incidences, 0.28 compared with 0.29; odds ratio (OR), 0.97; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.75, 1.24]. Similar nonsignificant results were observed for the prespecified secondary treatment and prevention outcomes, though per-protocol analyses showed a nonsignificant trend toward benefit of vitamin D3 on the prevalence of long COVID at 8 wk (OR, 0.78; 95% CI: 0.59, 1.03).“ Nothing to see here, but in general it is a good idea to publish non-results and should be done on a regular basis.