High doses of Vitamin D cuts relapse rate!

May 1st, 2009 · No Comments

How cool is that?

April 28, 2009 (Seattle) — High doses of vitamin D dramatically cut the relapse rate in people with multiple sclerosis, a study shows.

Sixteen percent of 25 people with multiple sclerosis (MS) given an average of 14,000 international units (IU) of vitamin D a day for a year suffered relapses, says Jodie Burton, MD, a neurologist at the University of Toronto. In contrast, close to 40% of 24 MS patients who took an average of 1,000 IU a day — the amount recommended by many MS specialists — relapsed, she says.

Also, people taking high-dose vitamin D suffered 41% fewer relapses than the year before the study began, compared with 17% of those taking typical doses.

Interestingly enough…. the Neurology meeting is in Seattle. My Neurologist’s office is completely off and you are suppose to go to the ER if you need care. I hope the rest of the country has some Neurologists still at the office.