Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements for Orthopedic Patients? Medscape
Since then there have been over 25 meta-analyses which have confirmed that trial
But, no change by the medical community in 24 years
Perhaps the hip fracture industry does not want to lose jobs
Meta-analyses of Falls and Fracture in VitaminDWiki
- Increased risk of fracture if high level of Vitamin D (if continue to take Calcium) – umbrella analysis of meta-analyses Nov 2020
- Hip fractures not prevented by Vitamin D (800 IU daily or large quarterly or annual doses) – meta-analysis – Dec 2019
- Vitamin K (any amount and any kind) reduced bone fractures by 24 percent – meta-analysis – May 2019
- Vitamin D not help fractures and falls if not vitamin D deficient – meta-analysis Oct 2018
- Fractures not reduced by small amounts of vitamin D - meta-analysis Dec 2017
- Preventing Falls in Older Adults – Vitamin D combination is the best - JAMA Meta-analysis Nov 2017
- Hip fracture 58 percent more likely if low vitamin D – meta-analysis March 2017
- Fracture risk reduced somewhat by 800 IU of vitamin D and Calcium – meta-analysis Oct 2015
- Acute fracture patients – 70 percent were vitamin D deficient – meta-analysis Sept 2015
- Falls not prevented by vitamin D given every 3 months or less often – meta-analysis Jan 2015
- Vitamin D prevents falls – majority of meta-analyses conclude – meta-meta analysis Feb 2015
- Vitamin D and fractures – 24 meta-analyses and counting – Dec 2014
- Bone fractures reduced by a minimum of 800 IU vitamin D and Calcium – meta-meta-analysis March 2014
- Fractures reduced with any amount of vitamin D and some Calcium - Cochraine April 2014
- Fallers often had less than 20 ng of vitamin D – meta-analysis April 2014
- Hip fractures greatly reduced by sunshine, vitamin D, and vitamin K – meta-analysis Sept 2012
- Vitamin D may prevent falls and fractures without Calcium – an overview of 9 meta-analysis – Oct 2012
- Hip fractures reduced 30 percent with 800 IU of vitamin D – meta-analysis July 2012
- Vitamin D reduces falls – meta-analysis Oct 2011
- Active form of vitamin D (calcitriol) cut in half the fractures following organ transplant – meta-analysis Aug 2011
- 1000 IU minimum to decrease falls and fractures Swiss - 2009
- Meta-analysis of falls and 800+ IU of vitamin D found good results – June 2010
- 800 IU vitamin D reduces falls - Dec 2009
See also VitaminDWiki
- All items in category Falls or Fractures and Vitamin D
246 items - Hip fractures reduced 2X to 6X with just 10 minutes of sunlight daily – RCT 2003-2010
A pill is not required. Randomized Controlled Trials have found that sunlight reduces hip fractures even more- Same dose of vitamin D for everyone is virtually impossible - Dec 2015
- Example Obese need 2X to 3X more vitamin D - Nov 2014
- Additional supplments can reduce hip fractures even more. Examples: Magnesium, Boron
- 55 X more likely to have bone fracture requiring surgery if low vitamin D
- 17 reasons why are doctors reluctant to accept vitamin D
10th reason: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary is dependent upon his not understanding it”
*Note: in 2012 one doctor reduced patient visits from 4 per year to 1 per year by getting all patients to have a high level of vitamin D- Result of vitamin D: Lost too much business and retired early.
Huge cost savings (jobs lost) if reduce number of hip fractures
- $14 billiion annually for US hip fractures
Hip fracture patients are 30% of all US hospital patients - UK would save as least 636 million dollars annually by giving 800 IU vitamin D free to all seniors – June 2014
Note; UK only considered hip fractures - Save 2 billion dollars annually in fractures if take Vitamin D and Calcium – Frost and Sullivan Sept 2013 VitaminDWiki
- 20X increase in vitamin D sold and 36 percent decrease in osteoporosis business in Australia – Nov 2013
Australians apparently did not wait until there was a medical consensus
They are consuming more vitamin D and are going to the Osteo doctor 36% less - Kaiser working to decrease hip and other fractures – Nov 2011
HMOs will save millions of dollars with vitamin D Kaiser is a large HMO
>10 times difference in rate of hip fractures around the world
Perhaps differences are due to one or more of: Vitamin D, Sunshine, Boron, Magnesium
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