Pages tagged with "Multiple Sclerosis"

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

• RA, MS & Psoriasis: High Dose Vitamin D Therapy - video and summary
• Coimbra Protocol and Autoimmune Disease - video and summary
• Autism and autoimmune diseases and high-dose Vitamin D - video and summary
• Overview MS and vitamin D
• Immunologic Effects of Vitamin D on Human Health and Disease - Holick
• Diseases treated by high-dose Vitamin D - many studies
• 1 in 22 Americans has a diagnosed autoimmune disease - low vitamin D a common thread
• Coimbra high-dose vitamin D protocol - many studies
• Helicobacter pylori infection and low vitamin D – many studies
• Multiple Sclerosis (not Vitamin D) - many studies
• Brain and Vitamin D - many studies
• Multiple Sclerosis much more likely if low vitamin D during pregnancy –many studies
• Scotland and Vitamin D - many studies
• Resveratrol treats Multiple Sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases – many studies
• Multiple Sclerosis Risk factors include virus such as Human Herpesvirus 6A – many studies
• Peptides enhance Vitamin D's effects — what several studies have found
• Pediatric-Onset Multiple Sclerosis - several studies
• COVID infections or vaccinations may increase Multiple Sclerosis (if low D) - several studies
• Multiple Sclerosis much more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – several studies
• Brain health improved by Vitamin D - review of 90 studies
• Vitamin D {>10,000 IU daily) is safe to use for Multiple Sclerosis; some RCTs found benefits (need much more)
• Vitamin D also significantly helps standard Multiple Sclerosis Therapy - meta-analysis
• Clinically Isolated Syndrome (early MS) reduced 34% by bi-weekly 100,000 IU Vitamin D - RCT
• Multiple Sclerosis 5.1 X more likely if poor sun and poor HLA-DRB1×15:01 - meta-analysis
• Multiple Sclerosis 2X-3X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Meta-analysis
• Multiple Sclerosis - network meta-analysis
• Multiple Sclerosis risk is increased 50% if low Vitamin D - 19 study meta-analysis
• Multiple Sclerosis: is strongly related to poor Vitamin D receptors – umbrella review
• Multiple Sclerosis treatment not helped by small doses of vitamin D (yet again) – meta-analysis
• Multiple Sclerosis treated when use high doses of vitamin D – meta-analysis
• White Matter Hyperintensities (brain) 1.8X more likely if 10 ng less vitamin D - meta-analysis
• Multiple Sclerosis: 10 percent fewer relapses for each 10 ng higher level of vitamin D – Meta-analysis
• Multiple Sclerosis 40 percent more likely if mother had low vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Risk of Multiple Sclerosis varies with the Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis
• Multiple Sclerosis: number needed to treat with vitamin D may be as low as 1.3 – Meta-analysis
• Multiple Sclerosis and the Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis
• Multiple Sclerosis 23 percent more likely if born in April vs. Oct – meta-analysis
• Multiple Sclerosis increases risk of Psoriasis by 1.9X (both associated with low vitamin D) – meta-analysis
• MS not treated by Vitamin D (a few old studies using small doses) – Meta-analysis
• Fewer Multiple Sclerosis lesions when supplemented with Vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Multiple Sclerosis and small doses of Vitamin D – meta-review
• Multiple sclerosis patients have 15 ng lower levels of vitamin D – meta-analysis
• No association between Multiple Sclerosis relapses and being treated with vitamin D–meta-analysis
• Vitamin D cut in half CIS resulting in MS lesions - RCT
• CIS (MS) reduced 36% by two capsules of 50,000 IU of Vitamin D taken biweekly – RCT
• Risk of going from pre-MS to MS reduced 68 percent with 7100 IU vitamin D – RCT
• Multiple Sclerosis treated equally by UVB and weekly 50,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT
• Multiple Sclerosis is again not fought by 5,000 IU vitamin D daily (need at least 10X more) – RCT
• Multiple Sclerosis relapses cut in half by 100,000 IU of Vitamin D every 2 weeks– RCT 2019
• Multiple Sclerosis treated by 50,000 IU Vitamin D bi-weekly plus Omega-3 – RCT
• Multiple sclerosis helped some by 10,000 IU of vitamin D daily avg. for 3 months – RCT
• Clinically Isolated Syndrome progresses to Multiple Sclerosis, unless UVB treatments – RCT
• Multiple Sclerosis stem cell treatment (HSCT) probably not benefit from 200,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT 2020
• Delay onset of Multiple Sclerosis with 100,000 IU of vitamin D every two weeks – RCT 2020
• No multiple sclerosis relapses during pregnancy if 50,000 IU of Vitamin D weekly – RCT
• Multiple Sclerosis Relapsing-Remitting rate reduced 30 percent by addition of 14,000 IU vitamin D daily – RCT
• MS helped by average daily 2800 IU vitamin D – RCT
• Will 10000 IU of vitamin D decrease MS - RCT
• High-dose Vitamin D for Multiple Sclerosis - Dr. Crawley - practitioner and patient
• People with Multiple Sclerosis who have gut problems should take gut-friendly Vitamin D (many suppliers)
• Why has the MS latitude gradient disappeared
• Hill's criteria say low vitamin D causes 9 health problems (cancer, CVD, diabetes, MS, dementia, etc.) - review
• UV produces more than vitamin D
• Silica reduces Aluminum in the body - perhaps reducing MS, ADHD, Alzheimer's etc.
• Multiple Sclerosis is associated with about 1.5 X more Vitamin D Binding Protein
• High-Dose Vitamin D Therapy – book
• 53 Multiple Sclerosis patients somewhat helped by 10,000 IU of vitamin D (vs. many virtually cured by 100,000 IU)
• Why are Autoimmune diseases increasing? diet, UPF, obesity, air pollution, stress, microplastics, toxins, . . .
• Video by Dr. Coimbra – 95 % of autoimmune diseases cured with Vitamin D in high doses
• Coimbra Multiple Sclerosis - great 11 year experience by an individual
• Multiple sclerosis (relapsing-remitting) decreases activation of Vitamin D Receptor by 6.6 X
• Multiple Sclerosis and Vitamin D Receptor Activators: Omega-3, Curcumin, Resveratrol, etc.
• Multiple Sclerosis: increased risk if low Vit D, cigarette smoke, solvents, EB virus, obesity or low sun
• 4 observation studies: more Ultra-processed food, more Multiple Sclerosis
• The use of high dose Vitamin D (Coimbra Protocol) for multiple sclerosis in Germany – 2019
• Multiple Sclerosis and (lots of) Vitamin D - book by patient on Coimbra protocol
• Variety of evidence that Vitamin D helps the brain
• Vitamin D decreases incidence of disease
• More Vitamin D needed: Obese, Diabetic, MS, CF, Smoker, etc.
• Treating Autoimmune Disease with the Coimbra Protocol - video Dec 2025
• Nerveous System disabilities - half of the US (Vitamin D helps)
• How Vitamin D Cures Autoimmune Disease - Video Dec 2025
• Vitamin D and neurodegenerative diseases
• Autoimmune and high-dose vitamin D (Dr. Coimbra) - Dr. Mahtani video and transcript
• Multiple sclerosis 43% less likely in child if an average of 330 IU of vitamin D was taken while pregnant - Nov 2025
• Central Nervous System protection by Vitamin D
• Vitamin D genes associated with Multiple Sclerosis
• Multiple Sclerosis and Vitamin D Receptor super enhancers
• Multiple Sclerosis more likely if poor vitamin D genes - 22nd study
• Many Neurological Diseases fought by Vitamin D
• Alzheimer's and Parkenson's risk should decrease if increase Vitamin D Receptor activation
• Multiple Sclerosis 5X more likely if both low sun and low vitamin D
• Vitamin D in Disease Prevention and Cure-Part I - India
• Multiple Sclerosis risk factors – Vitamin D, parasites, and EBV – 2015
• Multiple Sclerosis slowed by bi-weekly 100,000 IU of Vitamin D (Note: Same amount daily reverses MS)
• UV prevents and treats autoimmune diseases like MS - SciAm
• Everyone with MS should take Vitamin D - editorial
• Blood–brain barrier dysfunction in multiple sclerosis (improved by vitamin D, etc.)
• Multiple Sclerosis increasing in teens – at least 2X in 9 years
• Vitamin D fights Multiple Sclerosis, Autoimmune, etc. - Dr. Coimbra video and transcript
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Coimbra protocol using high-dose Vitamin D is safe
• Coimbra Protocol (using Vitamin D) is safe and effective for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune diseases
• Comparing High-dose vitamin D therapies
• A New Role for Vitamin D (Multiple Sclerosis)
• Multiple Sclerosis non-drug treatment – Vitamin D is the most popular (Austria – 42% of MSers in the study)
• Epstein-Barr Virus increases Multiple Sclerosis risk by 1.8 X
• VDR activators and other synergistic nutrients for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
• Multiple Sclerosis is associated with low vitamin D via 24 paths
• Multiple Sclerosis risk reduced 30 percent by each additional 10 ng of vitamin D at birth (1500 Danes)
• MS might be treated by patient's immune cells plus Vitamin D
• Multiple Sclerosis is treated by Vitamin D – 10 reasons
• Epstein-Barr virus increases risk of Multiple Sclerosis by 32X
• Water-soluble form of vitamins are needed for some health problems
• 54,000 IU of vitamin D daily with no Calcium (1,000 IU per kg: Coimbra protocol)
• Vitamin D has treated Multiple Sclerosis and autoimmune diseases for 16 years – Coimbra
• Season of birth associated with Pneumonia (10 %) and Multiple Sclerosis (30 %)
• Poor Vitamin D Receptor increases the risk of Multiple Sclerosis in people of European descent
• People with Multiple Sclerosis have blunted responses to Vitamin D supplementation
• Autoimmune diseases caused in first day after COVID Vaccination
• How Multiple Sclerosis might be prevented by Vitamin D
• Epstein-Barr Virus may be a prerequisite for Multiple Sclerosis
• Obese are 50% more likely to develop or have severe MS (Vitamin D not mentioned)
• Dutch Vitamin D cost-effectivity Calculations (they prescribe 100,000 IU for Multiple Sclerosis)
• Interview and transcript: Vitamin D protocol for Autoimmune diseases – Dr. Coimbra 2016
• Multiple Sclerosis prevention with high-dose vitamin D (in rats in this case)
• Multiple Sclerosis risk factors - Vitamin D was the only one you can easily change
• More hijab clothing may have resulted in 6X increase in Multiple Sclerosis in Tehran
• Doctor got MS and was later cured by high-dose Vitamin D
• Multiple Sclerosis 2.8 X more likely if poor Vitamin D Binding Protein
• Genes make Multiple Sclerosis 2X more likely unless get more vitamin D
• Global burden of brain disorders surpasses cardiovascular disease and cancer
• Multiple Sclerosis fatigue reduced by weekly Vitamin D (50,000 IU)
• Gene variants can reduce Vitamin D response by 1.7X (14,000 IU daily, Multiple Sclerosis)
• Vitamin D at CureTogether: Fibromyalgia, MS, Psoriasis, etc
• Get Multiple Sclerosis while younger if have a poor CYP24A1 vitamin D gene
• How Vitamin D fights Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis and Epilepsy
• 3X less Multiple Sclerosis with enough vitamin D - Veterans Administration
• Autoimmune diseases fought by Vitamin D, especially if have more than 40 ng
• Guide for patients on high doses of Vitamin D – Coimbra 2017
• Replies to doctor’s comments about high dose Vitamin D for Multiple Sclerosis
• Multiple Sclerosis - Coimbra Protocol (high-dose Vitamin D) - by one of the 120 doctors of 20,000 patients
• High-dose vitamin D forum – for Multiple Sclerosis and many other diseases
• Successful high dose vitamin D (Coimbra Protocol) should be evaluated
• High-dose Vitamin D for Multiple Sclerosis is OK while pregnant
• Vitamin D Resistance hypothesis confirmed by Coimbra high-dose vitamin D protocol
• Multiple Sclerosis treated by Vitamin D, recommends investigating high dose Coimbra
• How Vitamin D fights neurodegeneration (Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, Dementia, etc)
• Beyond the Coimbra Protocol - 2020
• Inflammatory diseases: review of vitamin D, with many tables
• Optic neuritis progession into Multiple Sclerosis reduced 68 percent by 50,000 IU of vitamin D weekly
• A Simple Protocol Is Stopping the Progression of MS
• Multiple Sclerosis 32 percent less likely among those with more than 32 ng of vitamin D
• Multiple Sclerosis treated by Vitamin D (includes dose-response)
• Vitamin D cost-effectively treats Multiple Sclerosis
• How UVB reduces autoimmune diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis
• 36% of Multiple Sclerosis patients got worse after mild to severe COVID
• Multiple Sclerosis patients had fewer COVID-19 problems (Note: many MSers take Vitamin D)
• Epigenetics of Multiple Sclerosis
• Epigenetics, vitamin D, and Multiple Sclerosis
• African-Americans and Multiple Sclerosis
• MS flu-like symptoms resulting from interferon-beta were reduced with vitamin D
• Ex Coimbra Protocol Clinician Warns Vitamin D3 Can Sometimes Make Multiple Sclerosis Worse.
• An opportunity - use Vitamin D to treat Multiple Sclerosis (has been used for 14 years)
• Vitamin D is a biomarker for autoimmune, neurological and psychiatric diseases
• Appears that Vitamin D can induce remission in recent Multiple Sclerosis
• Fewer white spots in MRI brain scans if had more vitamin D
• Two highly-rated guidelines for people with Multiple Sclerosis include Vitamin D
• COVID death rate was 3X lower in those with Multiple Sclerosis (85 pcnt were taking Vitamin D)
• Problem with vitamin C if high dose Vitamin D for MS and have gene problem
• Multiple Sclerosis etc. strongly associated with Epstein-Barr virus (and vitamin D)
• Mutiple Sclerosis half as likely in children spending 30 to 60 minutes per day in the sun
• Multiple Sclerosis and Vitamin D ~ 50,000 Facebook members in 13 languages
• How to get lots of Magnesium – especially needed for Coimbra MS and Autoimmune Protocol
• Vitamin D is the real Multiple Sclerosis Therapy, not an alternative therapy – Coimbra
• UK people with Multiple Sclerosis are 3X more likely to take Vitamin D
• Multiple Sclerosis risk increased if both Epstein-Bar Virus and low sun (vitamin D)
• Infectious mononucleosis and lack of UV linearly linked to MS in England
• Autoimmune risk gene ZMIZ1 is associated with both MS and Vitamin D
• Hypothesis of Autoimmunity which includes Epstein-Barr Virus and Vitamin D Deficiency – 2012
• Iran Multiple Sclerosis review finds huge increase in women (no mention of clothing)
• Rate of vitamin D supplementation by Blacks increases 16X after getting Multiple Sclerosis
• Vitamin D and Multiple Sclerosis – book chapter
• Multiple Sclerosis varies with latitude while young
• Vitamin D supplementation increases the genes that repair Multiple Sclerosis
• People with Multiple Sclerosis taking at least 5,000 IU of Vitamin D felt much better
• Vitamin D does not reduce the risk of Multiple Sclerosis – FDA incorrect conclusion
• Multiple Sclerosis 42X more likely if light brown skin and smoke (both associated with low vitamin D)
• Multiple Sclerosis and obesity share some gene problems (as well as low vitamin D)
• CYP2R1 gene problem increases Multiple Sclerosis risk by 1.4X
• Cognitive speed of Multiple Sclerosis patients increased if Vitamin D increased even a little bit
• Why Do Multiple Sclerosis and Migraine Coexist
• Multiple Sclerosis 2X more likely if vitamin D deficient as a fetus decades earlier
• Multiple Sclerosis more likely if mother had less than 25 ng of vitamin D
• Low Vitamin D is a causal factor for Multiple Sclerosis (Mendelian analysis)
• Autoimmune diseases associated with low Vitamin D and Vitamin D Receptor
• UV decreases Multiple Sclerosis via cis-urocanic acid (and via vitamin D)
• Sun reduces risk of Multiple Sclerosis via both Vitamin D and another way
• Not a single case of multiple sclerosis in 15,000,000 people (plant-based diets)
• Multiple Sclerosis incidence is still associated with latitude
• Multiple Sclerosis 2X more likely if low winter UV
• MS is related to latitude – conclusion from 321 studies
• Multiple Sclerosis incidence varies with latitude (noted in Brazil too)
• Vitamin D remyelinates rats (perhaps remyelinates human MS)
• Inflammation and immune responses to Vitamin D (perhaps need to measure active vitamin D)
• 98 pcnt of genes that Vitamin D activates to reduce MS are also activated by Interferon
• Multiple Sclerosis and Omega-3 – eight studies as of
• Multiple Sclerosis 40 percent less likely if consume tinned fish (Vitamin D and Omega-3)
• Multiple Sclerosis and Vitamin D chapter (Coimbra and Brazil not mentioned)
• Personalized Vitamin D treatment of Multiple Sclerosis - Michael Cawley
• UV helped EAE mice (MS) designed to not respond to Vitamin D
• Multiple Sclerosis suppressed by an Ultraviolet wavelength not associated with Vitamin D (mice)
• A Multiple Sclerosis hypothesis supported by EAE data
• MS prevention by UV is 2X better than prevention by vitamin D levels
• Mutation of Vitamin D gene (CYP27B1) is strongly tied to MS
• Immunological effects of vitamin D and their relations to autoimmunity
• Melatonin interacts with Vitamin D in Multiple Sclerosis patients
• Pre-Multiple Sclerosis 40 percent less likely if eat canned fish
• Recent brain problems appears to be associated with neurofilament light chains (would aide Vitamin D MS. Alz studies)
• Alemtuzumab treatment of autoimmune diseases has many side effects, Vitamin D should prevent most of them
• Multiple Sclerosis – 3X higher incidence in women, previously 1X, wonder why
• Most of Coimbra Protocol supplements in a capsule taken 4 times a day
• Sugary drinks associated with 5X worse Multiple Sclerosis (reduces vitamin D levels)
• Vitamin D and Sun conference – Germany
• Multiple Sclerosis rates are highest in Canada (far from equator)
• Multiple sclerosis - Dr. Coimbra Video in Portuguese concerning big pharma
• Multiple Sclerosis half as likely if get plenty of sunshine (not a news item)
• Lack of UV 20X more associated with MS than any other variable
• Vitamin D is the only dietary supplement which significantly benefits MS – JAMA
• Multiple Sclerosis Coimbra Protocol stories on Facebook
• Asthma 3X more likely if have Multiple Sclerosis (both have low Vitamin D)
• Multiple Sclerosis depression reduced by 10,000 IU of vitamin D
• Hypothesis - more in sunshine than vitamin D to reduce MS
• Multiple Sclerosis patients need more vitamin D to get same blood level response
• Vitamin D and neurological diseases such as stroke, Vascular Dementia, PD, MS
• Interview of Dr. Coimbra: MS, Autoimmune, Vitamin D, B2, Ca, Mg, PTH etc. – perhaps 2018
• Dr. Coimbra explains his treatment with high dose vitamin D for multiple sclerosis
• Vitamin D associated with reduced T-cell attacks in Multiple Sclerosis
• Vitamin D prevents multiple sclerosis through multiple mechanisms
• Prevention with vitamin D in Multiple Sclerosis is logical – editorial
• Multiple Sclerosis – many reasons to believe Vitamin D can prevent and treat it
• Multiple Sclerosis prevention by Vitamin D: 10 year, 30 million dollar trial
• Vitamin D and multiple sclerosis—from epidemiology to prevention
• Multiple Sclerosis Society continues to fund Vitamin D research
• Multiple Sclerosis treated by fingolimod has better outcome if high vitamin D
• Multiple Sclerosis and Vitamin D – Cochrane review
• Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s need more than 30 ng of Vitamin D – review
• Neuromyelitis optica (Devic's Disease is not MS) is also associated with low vitamin D
• Multiple Sclerosis – walking and self-care problems associated with low vitamin D
• Multiple Sclerosis relapse rate reduced by half if add some vitamin D
• Multiple Sclerosis varies with race and sex in mice too
• Off topic: Cannabis and disease studies at GreenMedInfo
• Multiple Sclerosis 30 X more likely if: organic solvent AND poor genes AND smoking
• Zinc deficiency is a risk factor for autoimmunity and multiple sclerosis – 2017
• Multiple Sclerosis Coimbra Protocol with Vitamin D - increased walking
• Increased vitamin D should increase MS quality of life
• Multiple Sclerosis 40% more likely in obese than in overweight (Mendelian randomization)
• Multiple Sclerosis risk reduced by a third in those getting a lot of ALA (fatty acid)
• High dose vitamin D to treat Multiple Sclerosis etc. – protocol
• Multiple Sclerosis patients have 3X less Vitamin K2 in their blood
• A gestational dose of vitamin D per day keeps the MS doctor away (2X reduction)
• Multiple Sclerosis risk reduced 40% in 92,000 women taking more than 400 IU of vitamin D – 2004
• Multiple Sclerosis 60 percent less likely in those with more than 40 ng of vitamin D – 2006
• Multiple Sclerosis and Vitamin D – chapter and entire MS book
• MS relapse rate for children was 34% less for every extra 10 ng/ml of vit D
• Multiple Sclerosis is reduced by Vitamin D supplementation (even without Coimbra) – review
• Vitamin D and Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's ,Dementia, and ALS - review
• Multiple Sclerosis not helped with half a microgram of calcitriol – 2012
• Extended breastfeeding cut in half the risk of Multiple Sclerosis
• MS and vitamin D consensus from Brazil - 40-100 ng, not monotherapy
• Active form of vitamin D directly protects the blood–brain barrier in multiple sclerosis
• 947,000 people in the US had Multiple Sclerosis 2008-2010
• Multiple Sclerosis risk a decade later was 2X higher if low vitamin D (12 ng vs 20 ng)
• Having several concussions as a teenager doubled the risk of Multiple Sclerosis
• Lymphatic system discovered in brain (what about Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, Omega-3 and Vitamin D)
• High vitamin D in moms decreased MS incidence in daughters by 40%
• Multiple Sclerosis 6X more likely to progress quickly if low vitamin D
• Multiple Sclerosis risk of relapse reduced by 13 percent for every 2.5 ng higher level of vitamin D (under age 37)
• Multiple Sclerosis much less likely for children who are thin and tanned
• Multiple Sclerosis - subtle early signs – should probably take vitamin D
• Multiple Sclerosis is more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor (4X Mexico, 3X Iran)
• Off Topic: Some disabled people (MS, Parkinson, blind, deaf etc) are using second life
• Doctor got multiple sclerosis, rejected then embraced Coimbra protocol for herself and patients
• Mendelian proof that low vitamin D (due to 3 genes) increase risk of MS by 20 percent
• Multiple Sclerosis, gene expression, and vitamin D: Venn diagrams
• If low level of Vitamin A then 60 percent less likely to get MS (maybe Vitamin D not blocked)
• Vitamin D can both prevent and treat Multiple Sclerosis – review
• Less MS (MRI) decline after raising Vitamin D levels – clinical trial
• Neurology J. had 4 items on Multiple Sclerosis and Vitamin D – review by MS Soc
• 2900 IU of vitamin D (20000 weekly) kept levels above 20 ng during the winter
• Multiple Sclerosis relapse in children is twice as likely having a Vitamin D Gene score of 6
• Multiple sclerosis risk factors include vitamin D
• If born in the winter, 11 percent more likely to be vitamin D deficient as an adult
• Hypothesis- birth rate variation with season may trump MS variation with vitamin D
• Environmental risk factors for MS include latitude and vitamin D
• 10 Diseases associated with Multiple Sclerosis are also associated with low Omega-3 and vitamin D
• Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis - book 2010, 2016
• Multiple Sclerosis Conference had scores of Vitamin D presentations
• Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research -Vitamin D presentations at European Congress
• Multiple Sclerosis helped by UV – possibly via cytokines, etc.
• Multiple sclerosis in children – low vitamin D is a potential factor
• Hypothesis – Multiple Sclerosis risk increases with low UV, viral infections, and antibiotics in childhood
• Testimonial on curing Multiple Sclerosis with 20,000 IU of vitamin D
• Autoimmune disorder patients in Brazil helped by vitamin D – video and Facebook
• Multiple Sclerosis – one person’s benefit of Vitamin D protocol by Dr. Coimbra
• Multiple Sclerosis associated with low vitamin D – by B-cells which produce antibodies
• MS new cases increased 2.5X in 2 years in Isfahan Iran
• Vitamin D should be taken by all MS patients - Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centres
• Multiple Sclerosis - low vitamin D, low sun, smoking are the largest modifiable factors
• Multiple Sclerosis risk reduced 46 percent by Omega-3 derived from fish (1 gram)
• Vitamin D has already cleared 100 percent of lesions from over 1,000 MS patients in Brazil
• Multiple Sclerosis – more gray matter and fewer relapses if 10 ng more vitamin D
• Multiple Sclerosis vitamin D treatments – update
• Vitamin D targets 4 MS genes
• MS associated with 29 new and 23 previously known gene variants
• Increased risk of multiple sclerosis risk in African Americans due to genes
• Multiple Sclerosis web survey: 82 percent take vitamin D (2000-5000 IU), strong association with latitude
• Multiple Sclerosis incidence rate cut in half by 800 IU of vitamin D in cod liver oil
• Could Canada cause multiple sclerosis (MS increased 2X in 5 years)
• Yet again - more than 10000 IU of vitamin D treats MS
• 1000 IU per kg Vitamin D for autoimmune diseases – Coimbra
• People with health problems lacking noon sun (severe Multiple Sclerosis, etc.) have even lower levels of vitamin D
• Brazillian petition to permit high vitamin D doses for autoimune diseases
• Update on Treating Multiple Sclerosis with high dose vitamin D
• Increased sun and vitamin D both reduced MS risk
• Vitamin D patent for treating immune system diseases
• Multiple Sclerosis is connected to Vitamin D by gene to gene interactions
• Multiple Sclerosis patients who increased their vitamin D levels by 20 ng had better outcomes
• What does it mean to CURE, not just treat a disease like Multiple Sclerosis
• Swallowing problems (dysphagia): in Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s Disease (perhaps low vitamin D)
• Mouse MS: UVB but not Vitamin D reduced incidence
• Late-stage MS associated with protein in spinal cord which blocks vitamin D
• 300000 IU vitamin D monthly may treat MS
• Multiple Sclerosis has strong associations with Vitamin D – London
• Multiple Sclerosis progressed more slowly if have 20 ng more vitamin D
• Central Nervous System helped by Vitamin D – Review – 2013
• Low vitamin D associated with brain atrophy in MS
• Vitamin D and MS, ALS, Autism, Alzheimer’s and other nervous system diseases – review
• CureTogether Vitamin D symptoms, treatments, and causes
• Review of clinical trials for Multiple Sclerosis with Vitamin D intervention – 2013
• Incidence of Multiple Sclerosis in Bulgaria increased 2X in 17 years, thinking about vitamin D
• Multiple Sclerosis increased 10 percent in 5 years
• Cleveland Clinic on Multiple Sclerosis and Vitamin D (wrong)
• Acute Multiple Sclerosis relapse associated with low bone mineral density (low vitamin D)
• Full-on Multiple Sclerosis was 3.3X more likely in patients with the lowest vitamin D levels
• Is the Iranian Revolution to Blame for the Increasing Incidence of Multiple Sclerosis in Iran
• Multiple Sclerosis: high incidence in black women than whites (perhaps vitamin D)
• Vitamin D may not be the only cause of Multiple Sclerosis in Scotland
• Vitamin D is important for the central nervous system and cognition
• Vitamin D and multiple sclerosis (technical, outline only)
• Multiple sclerosis associated with sun, not low vitamin D
• Vitamin D: one sided debate is published in Multiple Sclerosis Journal
• Multiple Sclerosis not affected by 2800 IU of vitamin D
• Learning about MS and vitamin D in offspring from mice
• Small increase in Vitamin A metabolites cut new multiple sclerosis lesions in half
• Vitamin D is a T-cell modulator in multiple sclerosis – April 2011.
• Bone health not correlated with Vitamin D level in multiple sclerosis – review
• Vitamin D looks promising to deal with MS – review 2013
• Multiple Sclerosis and vitamin D – Systematic Review inconclusive
• Unsaturated Fatty acids important for both MS and Vitamin D
• Vitamin D enabled a woman with MS to walk long distances again
• 10,000 IU vitamin D plus Calcium trial for those with MS
• There is more in UV than vitamin D which suppresses MS in mice
• MS causes explored - vitamin D is in 2 of the 4 - 2009
• Vitamin D reduces multiple sclerosis relapses, but not with interferon treatment
• 3X more vitamin D from the sun if take MS drug Interferon-β
• MS relapse rate reduced 14 percent for each 4 ng increase in vitamin D
• MS worse with Vitamin D2
• MRI detects 32% less of one type of MS lesion for every 10 ng increased vitamin D
• MS clinical trial (EVIDIMS) to use 10,000 IU of vitamin D
• Hispanics with MS had lower levels of vitamin D which did not vary seasonally
• 5000 to 10000 IU vitamin D helped MS in a pilot study
• MS and vitamin D may be related by HLA gene
• MS due to low level of vitamin D may be due to a specific gene
• MS Factoids
• 20000 IU vitamin D and MS – less fatigue and relapse
• Vitamin D is hot in MS research
• Vitamin D and MS - Correlation - Causality – Controversy
• More females have MS – perhaps due to vitamin D deficiency
• Decreased winter sun speeded up subsequent MS development 2X – VA
• MS prevented and treated with Vitamin D – 2009
• Effective Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis is Completely Free with the sun
• MS reduces vitamin D which then causes osteoporosis
• Lack of sunshine associated with MS two years sooner – 2 VHA articles 2010
• Reduced vitamin D and BMD and Neurological Conditions
• 2800 IU vitamin D daily did not decrease bone loss for those with MS
• Lack of sun and lack of vitamin D are both MS risk factors
• Unable to find a gene linking vitamin D and MS
• MS Trust in UK is concerned about lack of vitamin D product
• Vitamin D far better than fingolimod in reducing MS relapse rate
• MS onset 2 years earlier in northern latitudes
• MS relapses 12 percent less frequent for every 4 ng increase in vitamin D
• Low vitamin D is probably a risk factor for MS
• MS risk factor is probably low level of vitamin D
• MS assessment of role of vitamin D
• MS and Vitamin D – VitD3 World
• 3X increase in MS in Denmark 1950 to 2005 Vitamin D is a possible reason
• MS UV and Vitamin D – 2009
• UV suppresses MS but vitamin D might not
• Lack of UV increased offspring MS
• Vitamin D deficiency probably a risk factor for MS
• Assessing vitamin D in the central nervous system
• Disease Database - nice links for Multiple Sclerosis
• Comment about vitamin D on a MS blog
• Patients like me survey found vitamin D to be number one supplement
• Lancet concludes that Vitamin D can protect against MS, but do know know why
• Vitamin D Linked to Poor Learning Performance in Patients With MS
• Vitamin D and sunshine are two ways to reduce MS relapses
• Lancet article: Vit D may provide hope for MS