Pages tagged with "Chronic Pain"

165 pages, most important first (overviews, then meta-analyses, then RCTs, then newest). Combine with another topic

• Overview Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue and Vitamin D
• Overview Pain and Vitamin D
• Neuropathy treated by vitamin D - many studies
• CBD - many studies
• Carpal tunnel syndrome and low vitamin D - many studies
• Knee osteoarthritis treated by Vitamin D - many studies
• Growing pains associated with low Vitamin D - many studies
• Magnesium reduces pain - many studies
• Temporomandibular Disorders (superset of TMJ) - 3.8 X more likely to be vitamin D deficient – meta-analysis
• Chronic Pain reported 38 percent less often if supplemented with Vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Widespread pain, arthritis pain and muscle pain are associated with low vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Fibromyalgia associated with lower Vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Chronic widespread pain reduced a bit by vitamin D ignored dose sizes - meta-analysis
• Does vitamin D treat pain – still not absolutely, positively sure – meta-analysis
• Chronic Widespread Pain associated with Vitamin D under 10 ng – meta-analysis
• Raynaud's pain decreased with 600,000 IU monthly vitamin D – RCT
• Pain reduction with 600,000 IU Vitamin D: RCT announced
• Earthing proven by RCTs to work - improves sleep, reduces blood viscosity, etc.
• Dysmenorrhea substantially reduced by Ginger, just 1,000 IU Vitamin D also helped – RCT
• 3X less Septic Shock in children with sepsis getting 150,000 IU of Vitamin D - RCT
• Muscle pain in obese women reduced by aerobic exercise plus 50,000 IU Vitamin D - RCT
• Pain not reduced by 60,000 IU monthly vitamin D (need 50,000 IU weekly) – RCT
• Menstrual Pain (PMS) reduced by vitamin D – RCT 2012, 2014, 2016
• Several Diabetic pains reduced by injection of 300,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT
• 2000 IU of vitamin D reduced fatigue of advanced cancer – RCT
• 100,000 IU of vitamin D monthly decreases use of NASIDs by 13 percent if low vitamin D – RCT
• Knee osteoarthritis pain reduced by 60,000 IU monthly vitamin D following loading dose – RCT
• Fibromyalgia pain reduced with vitamin D intervention that achieved 30-48 ng – RCT
• Fatigue reduced by a single dose of vitamin D (100,000 IU) – RCT
• Musculoskeletal pain reduced with 4,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT
• Pain not reduced by vitamin D (only used 1,000 IU) - RCT
• Breast Cancer medicine pain reduced with 4300 IU vitamin D – RCT
• Dark skinned in Norway: 1000 IU vitamin D not enough to reduce pain – RCT
• Pain treated by: Ginger, Cinnamon, Vitamin D, Omega-3 etc.
• Dr. Greger's upcoming book "How Not to Hurt"
• 15,000 US deaths per year from NSAIDs (0 deaths from Vitamin D)
• High-dose Vitamin D reduced pain of fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis
• Trigger points (myofascial pain) may be associated with low Magnesium and low Vitamin D
• Tendon pain 7 X more likely if very poor response to weekly 50,000 IU Vitamin D
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 14X more likely if low Vitamin D
• Quality of Life
• COVID vaccination caused ME-CFS symptoms, cured by Vitamin D in most people
• 24% of Americans had chronic pain as of 2023 (Vitamin D fights most chronic pain)
• Vitamin D Can Reduce the Pain (and chance) of Dying
• Central Nervous System protection by Vitamin D
• Transcutaneous enhancers (DMSO, etc) for Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Resveratrol, Magnesium, etc.
• Pain - chronic
• Pain more intense if low Vitamin D
• Rheumatoid Arthritis pain reduced by vitamin D (monthly or daily)
• Pain sources vs. Vitamin D
• Vitamin D may influence pain intensity – review
• Opioid addiction related to low vitamin D in many ways (in both mice and men)
• 60% people surveyed with rheumatic conditions are switching to medical cannabis
• Growing pains reduced in 91% of children with a single dose of Vitamin D
• Jaw joint (TMJ) needs 30-50 ng of Vitamin D and a good VDR
• Jaw joint pain (Temporomandibular) is associated with low vitamin D in young adults
• Large dose Vitamin D before surgery was found to help by 35 studies
• Vitamin D reduces 5 types of chronic pain
• Pain reduced by Vitamin D (60K weekly, then monthly) plus daily Calcium in 3 months
• Muscle problems are both treated and avoided by Vitamin D
• Discover the Pain of Vitamin D Deficiency
• Fibromyalgia Syndrome correlated with poor Vitamin D Receptor (less D to cells) in a small study
• Willow Bark Extract and Aspirin have many health benefits (Vitamin D might be better)
• Opioid addiction reduced by Omega-3 (gut inflammation in mice)
• Off Topic: 4X increase in Americans taking morphine-type drugs in last decade (consider Vitamin D instead)
• Less morphine recall if preceded by twice a week Vitamin D (400 IU per kg in rats, human weights 80 kg)
• Fibromyalgia pain, fatigue, etc. reduced by 50,000 IU of Vitamin D for 12 weeks
• Pain relieved by Vitamin D if trial lasted more than 5 months (endometriosis, 50K weekly for 12 months)
• Vitamin D at CureTogether: Fibromyalgia, MS, Psoriasis, etc
• 7 improvements in lives of veterans with chronic pain with 50,000 IU vitamin D weekly
• Off topic: Opiate Deaths increased 5.4 X in US in just three years
• Angina dramatically reduced by injections of vitamin D twice a month (300,000 IU)
• More post-operative pain if low vitamin D before ( 2.4 X for Thoracoscopic)
• Opiates: “It smells like doctors being bribed to sell narcotics, and that's very disturbing”
• Opiate addiction 2.4 X more likely if vitamin D deficient before surgery
• Off topic – CBD conflict – W.H.O. non addicting, may have medical benefits, DEA US class 1 narcotic
• Hospice and palliative care – Vitamin D, CBD, and Medical Cannabis
• Growing pains reduced 57 percent by vitamin D therapy
• Fibromyalgia and Musculoskeletal Pain treated by raised Vitamin D levels
• Vitality recaptured with Vitamin D (stories of Swedish immigrant women in this case)
• Ageing faster and more knee pain are associated with low vitamin D
• Low Level Laser Therapy greatly increased Vitamin D and Magnesium (for diabetics with nephropathy)
• Back pain cured with vitamin D – Book
• Fibromyalgia pain substantially reduced by weekly Vitamin D (50,000 IU)
• Epstein Barr Virus and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Nightmares associated with low Vitamin D and low Calcium
• 8 Signs of Low Vitamin D - sweating, bones ache, muscle pain, poor immune, fatigue, slow healing etc. – YouTube
• Less labor pain if higher level of vitamin D
• Fibromyalgia treated with Vitamin D (50,000 IU weekly for 3 months) – 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
• Opioid dependency associated with vitamin D levels which are 8 % higher initially
• Fibromyalgia development 1.9 X more likely if low vitamin D
• Vitamin D deficiency 4X more likely if illiterate or have bone pain – Lahore Pakistan
• Vitamin D deficiency: an unrecognized cause of flank pain
• Chronic pain if osteoporosis and low vitamin D
• 400,000 IU of vitamin D reduced adult pain and improved quality of life
• Vitamin D interplay with pain
• Knee osteoarthritis treated with vitamin D, weekly 50,000 IU
• Vitamin D injections of a total of 1,800,000 IU reduced shinbone tenderness
• If you cannot readily get medical treatment, consider Alternative Med such as vitamin D
• Fatigued seniors have lower levels of Vitamin D
• Long-term neck and back pains greatly reduced by 50,000 IU of Vitamin D – 4 cases
• Growing pains associated with low vitamin D
• Vitamin D reduced skeletal pain in 85 percent of the patients
• Vitamin D improves sleep and reduces pain – review of studies
• Fibromyalgia severity associated with serotonin but not Vitamin D (almost all were insufficient)
• Growing pains reduced 60 percent by monthly Vitamin D
• Pain of Diabetic Neuropathy reduced with weekly 50,000 IU vitamin D– CT
• Fibromyalgia benefits from transdermal magnesium chloride
• Bath with Magnesium Chloride probably better than Epsom Salts
• Vitamin B12 as a Treatment for Pain – review
• Sleep disorder and nonspecific pain implies low vitamin D, especially if dark skin
• Muscle pain (Low Magnesium) plus Low Vitamin D associated with 10X more Cancer, etc (San Francisco)
• Musculoskeletal pain was 5.9 X more likely to be associated with depression if low vitamin D
• Off Topic: Low Dose Naltrexone (prescription drug) for autoimmune diseases, etc
• Off topic: Cannabis and disease studies at GreenMedInfo
• Back and leg pain lasts a year longer if low vitamin D
• Poor sleep and lack of vitamin D
• Shin pain in elderly men 36 X more likely if low vitamin D
• Tibia pain (long term) is 20X more likely if low vitamin D (under 10 ng)
• Pain following auto accident is worse if low vitamin D (for African Americans)
• Australians tested for Vitamin D – 40 percent deficient and 60 percent taking vitamin D
• Reduced palliative cancer pain after Vitamin D supplementation
• Opioid use in palliative cancer patients far less if high level of vitamin D
• Addictive pain relievers Oxycodone and Percocet (not needed as much if have enough vitamin D?)
• Fibromyalgia helped by Vitamin D – still not sure how much, and why
• Acute Rehab. patients 2.3X more likely to have musculoskeletal pain if low vitamin D
• Less use of musculoskeletal pain drugs if get vitamin D
• Calcitriol, not inactive vitamin D, associated with pain in seniors
• Chronic Widespread Pain - 2 times more likely to be developed if low vitamin D
• Knee pain in seniors predicted by low vitamin D 5 years before
• Pain and Vitamin D - Review
• Pain reduced when enough vitamin D was given – review
• Knee osteoarthritis more painful if low vitamin D, especially among obese
• Severe chronic disease associated with less than 10 ng vitamin D
• Poor sleep strongly associated with pain in seniors (both associated with low vitamin D)
• Overlap between Fibromyalgia and other Chronic Pains – 2012
• Is there a role for vitamin D in the treatment of chronic pain
• Fatigue substantially reduced by 450,000 IU Vitamin D2 spread over 5 weeks
• Pain subjectively and objectively lower in people with higher levels of vitamin D
• Low vitamin D associated with chronic widespread pain for women
• More likely to have Chronic Widespread Pain when have less than 15 ng of vitamin D
• 20,000 IU weekly did not get 43 percent of Scottish Cancer patients to a level of 30 ng of vitamin D
• Back pain gone and grew 3 inches with vitamin D
• 100 Million Americans Have Chronic Pain – IoM
• After back surgery failure, vitamin D greatly reduced the pain of every person
• Blacks had lower vitamin D and more quantifiable pain than whites with knee osteoarthritis
• Chronic pain 40 percent less intense associated with 10 nanogram more vitamin D
• 7100 IU vitamin D (50,000 weekly) significantly reduced fibromyalgia – 2009
• The development and perception (Ontogeny) of pain in children – 2012
• Chronic Fatigue and Vitamin D insight
• Literature review of Fibromyalgia and vitamin D
• Fibromyalgia patients with low vitamin D have more pain
• Daily headaches and musculoskeletal pain may be due to low vitamin D
• Most immigrant women in Sweden had little vitamin D and lots of muscle pain
• Leg pain 7X more prevalent when vitamin D lower than 20 ng
• No rise in vitamin D levels of fibromyalgia patients in the summer
• Increased D levels responsible for Dead Sea therapy
• Vitamin D and Chronic Pain: Promising Correlates
• RADICAL discussion of vitamin D and Nonspecific Musculoskeletal Pain
• Half of seniors with pain had low levels of vitamin D
• Vitamin D relieves pain – 2008 2010
• More Arab leg pain when less than 20 ng of vitamin D
• Fibromalgia reduced with 50,000 IU weekly vitamin D2
• Patients like me survey found vitamin D to be number one supplement
• Chronic Pain not proven to be helped by Vitamin D