PMS again significantly reduced by 50,000 IU of vitamin D (This time, every two weeks) – RCT

Created October 2019

Vitamin D Supplementation for Premenstrual Syndrome-Related inflammation and antioxidant markers in students with vitamin D deficient: a randomized clinical trial

Scientific Reports volume 9, Article number: 14939 (2019)

Hajar Heidari, Reza Amani, Awat Feizi, Gholamreza Askari, Shahnaz Kohan & Parastoo Tavasoli

One pill every two weeks gives you all the vitamin D most adults need Premenstrual Syndrome symptoms and biomarkers were reduced * PMS decreased when Vitamin D was added many similar studies in VitaminDWiki * PMS reduced by Vitamin D intervention - meta-analysis May 2019 Items in both categories Women and Intervention - non daily are listed here: {category} 1. Women category starts with the following {include} --- 1. 9 VitaminDWiki pages with PMS in title as of Sept 2021 VitaminDWiki pages containing PREMENSTRUAL or PMS in title

📄 Download the PDF from VitaminDWiki

image

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a common disorder in the reproductive age that negatively significant impacts on women’s quality of life. This randomized clinical trial study was undertaken to investigate the effect of vitamin D supplementation on inflammatory and antioxidant markers in 44 vitamin D deficient (25(OH)D < 20 ng/mL) students with PMS. Participants received either 50,000 IU vitamin D3 or a placebo pearl fortnightly for 4 months. At the baseline and in the last 2 months of intervention, participants were asked to complete the PMS Daily Symptoms Rating form along with taking the pearls and their blood samples were collected to assess serum levels of 25(OH)D3, Interleukin10 and 12 (IL-10, IL-12) and total antioxidant capacity (TAC). In vitamin D group, serum levels of IL-10 and IL-12 significantly decreased while TAC significantly increased post-intervention. There were significant differences regarding serum IL-12 and TAC levels between the two groups. Mean score of the total PMS symptoms showed significant improvement in 25(OH)D. Vitamin D supplementation seems to be an effective strategy to improve inflammation and antioxidant markers in vitamin D deficient women with PMS.

This clinical trial was registered at Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials on 20/06/2018 (IRCT20180525039822N1).

Tags: Intervention Intervention - non daily Women