Summary of Pain in VitaminDWiki
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- Overview Pain and Vitamin D
- Percentage of people with pain increased 25 percent in 18 years – Jan 2019
- Pain not reduced by 60,000 IU monthly vitamin D (need 50,000 IU weekly) – RCT Aug 2023
- Overview Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue and vitamin D
- Overview Rheumatoid Arthritis and vitamin D
- Shingles and vitamin D
- Shin splints decrease with vitamin D
- Migraine and Vitamin D
- Headache category
77 items - "musculoskeletal pain" 490 items as of Aug 2023
- "chronic fatigue" 185 items as of Jan 2017
- Category Back Pain
41 items - 7 pain studies in VitaminDWiki with KNEE in the title as of Aug 2023 (see below)
- Opioid OR Opiate OR Morphine in the title 10 pages as of June 2021
One person's opinion on the internet: "Acute pain arises in the periphery and flows towards the central nervous system. In contrast, chronic pain arises in the brain and seethes to the site of perceived discomfort."
Is there role for vitamin D in the treatment of chronic pain - 2017
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7+ VitaminDWiki Pain category pages with KNEE in the title
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PAIN items in vitaminDWiki
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- Fibromyalgia pain, fatigue, etc. reduced by 50,000 IU of Vitamin D for 12 weeks – Sept 2023
- Pain relieved by Vitamin D if trial lasted more than 5 months (endometriosis, 50K weekly for 12 months) – Aug 2023
- Less morphine recall if preceded by twice a week Vitamin D (400 IU per kg in rats, human weights 80 kg) – Aug 2023
- Pain not reduced by 60,000 IU monthly vitamin D (need 50,000 IU weekly) – RCT Aug 2023
- Muscle pain in obese women reduced by aerobic exercise plus 50,000 IU Vitamin D - RCT May 2021
- Large dose Vitamin D before surgery was found to help by 35 studies
- Knee osteoarthritis treated by Vitamin D - many studies
- More post-operative pain if low vitamin D before ( 2.4 X for Thoracoscopic) – Oct 2022
- Fibromyalgia Syndrome correlated with poor Vitamin D Receptor (less D to cells) in a small study – July 2022
- Fibromyalgia and Musculoskeletal Pain treated by raised Vitamin D levels – July 2022
- Magnesium reduces pain - many studies
- Ageing faster and more knee pain are associated with low vitamin D – March 2022
- Epstein Barr Virus and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Nightmares associated with low Vitamin D and low Calcium – Aug 2021
- Less labor pain if higher level of vitamin D – August 2021
- Pain reduced by Vitamin D (60K weekly, then monthly) plus daily Calcium in 3 months – May 2021
- Opioid addiction related to low vitamin D in many ways (in both mice and men) – June 2021
- 15,000 US death per year from NSAIDs (0 deaths from Vitamin D)
- Vitamin D interplay with pain - May 2020
- Opiate addiction 2.4 X more likely if vitamin D deficient before surgery – June 2020
- Chronic pain if osteoporosis and low vitamin D – June 2020
- 3X less Septic Shock in children with sepsis getting 150,000 IU of Vitamin D - RCT June 2020
- Several Diabetic pains reduced by injection of 300,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT Feb 2020
- Opioid addiction reduced by Omega-3 (gut inflammation in mice) – Aug 2019
- Dysmenorrhea substantially reduced by Ginger, just 1,000 IU Vitamin D also helped – RCT Nov 2019
- Fatigued seniors have lower levels of Vitamin D – Oct 2019
- Vitality recaptured with Vitamin D (stories of Swedish immigrant women in this case) – Dec 2019
- Long-term neck and back pains greatly reduced by 50,000 IU of Vitamin D – 4 cases – Sept 2019
- Neuropathy treated by vitamin D - many studies
- 8 Signs of Low Vitamin D - sweating, bones ache, muscle pain, poor immune, fatigue, slow healing etc. – YouTube Dec 2018
- Percentage of people with pain increased 25 percent in 18 years – Jan 2019
- Fibromyalgia severity associated with serotonin but not Vitamin D (almost all were insufficient) – May 2019
- Off topic: Transcutaneous enhancers (DMSO, etc) for Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Resveratrol, Magnesium, etc.
- Low Level Laser Therapy greatly increased Vitamin D and Magnesium (for diabetics with nephropathy) – March 2019
- Bath with Magnesium Chloride probably better than Epsom Salts
- Vitamin B12 as a Treatment for Pain – review Jan 2019
- Rheumatoid Arthritis pain reduced by monthly 100,000 IU of Vitamin D – Oct 2018
- Musculoskeletal pain was 5.9 X more likely to be associated with depression if low vitamin D – Aug 2018
- Off Topic: Low Dose Naltrexone (prescription drug) for autoimmune diseases, etc
- Muscle problems are both treated and avoided by Vitamin D – April 2018
- Fibromyalgia pain substantially reduced by weekly Vitamin D (50,000 IU) – June 2018
- 100,000 IU of vitamin D monthly decreases use of NASIDs by 13 percent if low vitamin D – RCT May 2018
- Opiates: “It smells like doctors being bribed to sell narcotics, and that's very disturbing” – March 2018
- Muscle pain (Low Magnesium) plus Low Vitamin D associated with 10X more Cancer, etc (San Francisco) – Aug 2017
- Widespread pain, arthritis pain and muscle pain are associated with low vitamin D – meta-analysis March 2018
- Hospice and palliative care – Vitamin D, CBD, and Medical Cannabis
- Fibromyalgia associated with lower Vitamin D – meta-analysis Oct 2017
- Trigger points (myofascial pain) may be associated with low Vitamin D and low Magnesium – Jan 2018
- Opioid dependency associated with vitamin D levels which are 8 % higher initially – Jan 2018
- Tibia pain (long term) is 20X more likely if low vitamin D (under 10 ng) – Jan 2018
- Off topic – CBD conflict – W.H.O. non addicting, may have medical benefits, DEA US class 1 narcotic – Dec 2017
- Jaw joint pain (Temporomandibular) is associated with low vitamin D in young adults – Nov 2017
- Vitamin D deficiency: an unrecognized cause of flank pain – Nov 2017
- Australians tested for Vitamin D – 40 percent deficient and 60 percent taking vitamin D – Nov 2017
- Off topic: Opiate Deaths increased 5.4 X in US in just three years - Sept 2017
- Chronic widespread pain reduced a bit by vitamin D ignored dose sizes - meta-analysis Aug 2017
- Vitamin D improves sleep and reduces pain – review of studies - July 2017
- Shin pain in elderly men 36 X more likely if low vitamin D – March 2017
- Back and leg pain lasts a year longer if low vitamin D – April 2017
- Fatigue reduced by a single dose of vitamin D (100,000 IU) – RCT Dec 2016
- Knee osteoarthritis pain reduced by 60,000 IU monthly vitamin D following loading dose – RCT Nov 2013
- Fibromyalgia treated with Vitamin D (50,000 IU weekly for 3 months) – 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Chronic Widespread Pain - 2 times more likely to be developed if low vitamin D – Jan 2016
- Chronic Pain reported 38 percent less often if supplemented with Vitamin D – meta-analysis Sept 2016
- Vitamin D deficiency 4X more likely if illiterate or have bone pain – Lahore Pakistan – Oct 2015
- Fibromyalgia helped by Vitamin D – still not sure how much, and why - June 2016
- Reduced palliative cancer pain after Vitamin D supplementation – April 2016
- Fibromyalgia development 1.9 X more likely if low vitamin D – Jan 2016
- Off topic: Cannabis and disease studies at GreenMedInfo – Dec 2015
- Chronic Widespread Pain associated with Vitamin D under 10 ng – meta-analysis Oct 2015
- Fibromyalgia benefits from transdermal magnesium chloride – Sept 2015
- Carpal tunnel syndrome and low vitamin D - many studies
- Growing pains associated with low vitamin D - Sept 2015
- Pain not reduced by vitamin D (only used 1,000 IU) - RCT Dec 2014
- High dose vitamin reduced pain of fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis - July 2015
- Knee osteoarthritis treated with vitamin D, weekly 50,000 IU – May 2015
- Growing pains reduced 57 percent by vitamin D therapy – May 2015
- Opioid use in palliative cancer patients far less if high level of vitamin D – May 2015
- Does vitamin D treat pain – still not absolutely, positively sure – meta-analysis April 2015
- Pain and Vitamin D - Review April 2015
- Knee osteoarthritis more painful if low vitamin D, especially among obese – Jan 2015
- Pain of Diabetic Neuropathy reduced with weekly 50,000 IU vitamin D– CT Feb 2015
- Pain following auto accident is worse if low vitamin D (for African Americans) – April 2015
- Musculoskeletal pain reduced with 4,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT April 2015
- Pain reduced when enough vitamin D was given – review March 2015
- Poor sleep strongly associated with pain in seniors (both associated with low vitamin D) – March 2015
- Less use of musculoskeletal pain drugs if get vitamin D – Feb 2015
- Overlap between Fibromyalgia and other Chronic Pains – 2012
- Is there a role for vitamin D in the treatment of chronic pain – Oct 2014
- Fatigue substantially reduced by 450,000 IU Vitamin D2 spread over 5 weeks – Aug 2014
- Angina dramatically reduced by injections of vitamin D twice a month (300,000 IU) – Jan 2015
- Calcitriol, not inactive vitamin D, associated with pain in seniors – Aug 2014
- Growing pains reduced 60 percent by monthly Vitamin D – March 2014
- Fibromyalgia pain with trazodone reduced by 50 percent with weekly 50,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT Nov 2014
- Acute Rehab. patients 2.3X more likely to have musculoskeletal pain if low vitamin D – Oct 2014
- Dark skinned in Norway: 1000 IU vitamin D not enough to reduce pain – RCT Sept 2014
- Off Topic: 4X increase in Americans taking morphine-type drugs in last decade (consider Vitamin D instead) – Aug 2014
- Pain subjectively and objectively lower in people with higher levels of vitamin D – Aug 2014
- 20,000 IU weekly did not get 43 percent of Scottish Cancer patients to a level of 30 ng of vitamin D – April 2014
- Addictive pain relievers Oxycodone and Percocet (not needed as much if have enough vitamin D?) – July 2014
- Back pain cured with vitamin D – Book May 2014
- Chronic pain 40 percent less intense associated with 10 nanogram more vitamin D – April 2014
- 400,000 IU of vitamin D reduced adult pain and improved quality of life – March 2014
- Knee pain in seniors predicted by low vitamin D 5 years before – Feb 2014
- Fibromyalgia pain reduced with vitamin D intervention that achieved 30-48 ng – RCT Feb 2014
- The development and perception (Ontogeny) of pain in children – 2012
- Chronic Fatigue and Vitamin D insight – Jan 2014
- Vitamin D at CureTogether: Fibromyalgia, MS, Psoriasis, etc - Dec 2013
- Fibromyalgia patients with low vitamin D have more pain – Dec 2013
- Pain reduction with 600,000 IU Vitamin D: RCT announced Dec 2013
- Daily headaches and musculoskeletal pain may be due to low vitamin D – Oct 2013
- No rise in vitamin D levels of fibromyalgia patients in the summer – Sept 2013
- Most immigrant women in Sweden had little vitamin D and lots of muscle pain – May 2013
- Vitamin D and Chronic Pain: Promising Correlates - July 2012
- Sleep disorder and nonspecific pain implies low vitamin D, especially if dark skin – March 2013
- Quality of Life
- Vitamin D injections of a total of 1,800,000 IU reduced shinbone tenderness – Feb 2013
- Vitamin D reduced skeletal pain in 85 percent of the patients – Nov 2012
- 150,000 IU vitamin D reduced pain in immigrants – RCT Dec 2012
- Pain - chronic
- RADICAL discussion of vitamin D and Nonspecific Musculoskeletal Pain– Nov 2012
- Blacks had lower vitamin D and more quantifiable pain than whites with knee osteoarthritis – Nov 2012
- Breast Cancer medicine pain reduced with 4300 IU vitamin D – RCT June 2012
- 7 improvements in lives of veterans with chronic pain with 50,000 IU vitamin D weekly – June 2012
- 2000 IU of vitamin D reduced fatigue of advanced cancer – RCT May 2012
- If you cannot readily get medical treatment, consider Alternative Med such as vitamin D
- Menstrual Pain (PMS) reduced by vitamin D – RCT 2012, 2014, 2016
- Raynaud's pain decreased with 600,000 IU monthly vitamin D – RCT May 2012
- Half of seniors with pain had low levels of vitamin D – April 2012
- After back surgery failure, vitamin D greatly reduced the pain of every person
- Overview Pain and Vitamin D
- Fibromalgia reduced with 50,000 IU weekly vitamin D2 – Sept 2011
- Poor sleep and lack of vitamin D - Nov 2011
- Literature review of Fibromyalgia and vitamin D – Sept 2011
- Severe chronic disease associated with less than 10 ng vitamin D – July 2011
- 100 Million Americans Have Chronic Pain – IoM June 2011
- Increased D levels responsible for Dead Sea therapy – May 2011
- Vitamin D relieves pain – 2008 2010
- Leg pain 7X more prevalent when vitamin D lower than 20 ng – Oct 2010
- Back pain gone and grew 3 inches with vitamin D - Dec 2010
- More Arab leg pain when less than 20 ng of vitamin D – Aug 2010
- Discover the Pain of Vitamin D Deficiency
- Patients like me survey found vitamin D to be number one supplement
- 7100 IU vitamin D (50,000 weekly) significantly reduced fibromyalgia – 2009
- Overview Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue and vitamin D
- Chronic Pain not proven to be helped by Vitamin D – June 2010
- More likely to have Chronic Widespread Pain when have less than 15 ng of vitamin D – May 2010
- Pain 'linked with low vitamin D' BBC Aug 2008
- Tenuous link between vitamin D and chronic pain - April 2009
- Low vitamin D associated with chronic widespread pain for women
CBD reduced thumb osteoarthitis pain from 5 to 2 in just two weeks - RCT May 2022
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Topical Cannabidiol for the Treatment of Thumb Basal Joint Arthritis
Behind $31 paywall https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsa.2022.03.002
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Pain is associated 16 other VitaminDWiki categories (>4 each)
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33 pages in both categories: Pain - chronic + Intervention
16 pages in both categories: Pain - chronic + Intervention - non daily
4 pages in both categories: Pain - chronic + Trauma and surgery
7 pages in both categories: Pain - chronic + Loading dose for Vitamin D
4 pages in both categories: Pain - chronic + Infant-Child
6 pages in both categories: Pain - chronic + Back pain
7 pages in both categories: Pain - chronic + Skin - Dark
5 pages in both categories: Pain - chronic + Cancer - after diagnosis
9 pages in both categories: Pain - chronic + Osteoarthritis
4 pages in both categories: Pain - chronic + Bone - Health
7 pages in both categories: Pain - chronic + Vitamin D and Magnesium
7 pages in both categories: Pain - chronic + Seniors
5 pages in both categories: Pain - chronic + Osteoporosis
4 pages in both categories: Pain - chronic + Women
9 pages in both categories: Pain - chronic + Top news
4 pages in both categories: Pain - chronic + Rheumatoid Arthritis
4 pages in both categories: Pain - chronic + Diabetes
7 pages in both categories: Pain - chronic + Sleep
4 pages in both categories: Pain - chronic + Off Topic
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