Of the 86 patients researchers studied, 41 patients who were vitamin D deficient received eight weeks of 50,000 IU of vitamin D2 weekly prior to starting maintenance therapy. Holick, PhD, MD, director of the Bone Healthcare Clinic and the Vitamin D, Skin and Bone Research Laboratory at Boston University School of Medicine. Vitamin D deficiency can also cause osteoporosis and has been linked to increased risk of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, autoimmune diseases and infectious diseases including influenza, according to senior author Michael F. Vitamin D deficiency can lead to rickets in children and the painful bone disease osteomalacia in adults. Vitamin D is essential for strong bones because it helps the body absorb calcium and phosphorus from the food we eat.
The BUSM study appears online in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.
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