Falls cut in half by 100,000 IU vitamin D monthly - RCT 2016

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• Fractures reduced by monthly 30,000 IU of Vitamin D, perhaps 100,000 IU would be better – July 2019
• Vitamin D prevents falls – majority of meta-analyses conclude – meta-meta analysis Feb 2015
• Rate of falls reduced 2X by just 1000 IU of vitamin D – RCT Nov 2015
• Vitamin D – monthly dosing was better than daily with Calcium – RCT Dec 2015
• Falls and vitamin D – another poor study – RCT Oct 2017
• Less bone loss if take 100,000 IU vitamin D monthly – RCT Nov 2017

Falls and Fractures category contains the following summary

• 225 items in FALLS and FRACTURES
• see also Overview Seniors and Vitamin D
• Overview Fractures and Falls and Vitamin D
• Deaths due to falls doubled in just a decade (age-adjusted, perhaps decreased vitamin D) – June 2019
• Low trauma bone fractures in seniors – considering Vitamin D loading dose for all, without testing – Nov 2019
• Preventing Falls in Older Adults – Vitamin D combination is the best - JAMA Meta-analysis Nov 2017
• Falls cut in half by 100,000 IU vitamin D monthly - RCT 2016
• 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

Hip fracture

• Search VitaminDWiki for "HIP FRACTURE" 191 items not in PDF as of July 2020
• A call to action: Vitamin D for hip fracture (50,000 weekly for 8 weeks, then bi-weekly – Holick July 2020
• Recommends vitamin D after hip fracture ( but not enough and no-bone building co-factors) – May 2021
• Risk factors for death after hip fracture surgery – 7 of the 8 are associated with low vitamin D – Aug 2020
• 3.5 X higher risk of death 2 years after hip fracture surgery if low vitamin D – Jan 2020
• Hip fracture recovery best with home exercise plus Vitamin D – RCT Dec 2018
• Hip fracture 58 percent more likely if low vitamin D – meta-analysis March 2017
• Fracture risk 40 percent higher risk if low Vitamin D - June 2019
• 1 in 3 died after hip fracture but only 1 in 14 if add Vitamin D and exercise – RCT April 2017

Falls/Fracture Intervention (non-daily) trials (give Vitamin D and see what happens)