Elderly with low vitamin D fall more often (Parkinson’s in this case) – Aug 2019

Parkinson's patients with low vitamin D more likely to fall Mercola

The study refered to found that falls in PD patients were associated with low vitamin D.
That study does not appear to compare falling rate to those with low vitamin D levels without PD.

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See also VitaminDWiki

Parkinson's Disease

• Overview Parkinson's and Vitamin D
  • Appears that Vitamin D can prevent PD, treat PD, and reduce the health problems associated with PD (low vitamin D)
• Alzheimer’s, Parkenson’s, and Multiple Sclerosis – vitamin D may prevent and treat – Oct 2017
• Parkinson's Disease 2.1 X more likely if low Vitamin D – Meta-analysis Nov 2018
• Parkinson’s patients – 41 percent now supplement with Vitamin D – Nov 2017
• 1000 IU per kg Vitamin D for autoimmune diseases – Coimbra Aug 2013
• Seniors need at least 4,000 IU vitamin D, no test needed – Consensus Jan 2014
  • Personal note by Founder of VitaminDWiki. A friend of mine was getting PD. I suggested that he take 4,000 IU of vitamin D. His PD symptoms went away. His doctor then said he was getting too much Vitamin D, and reduced his dose to 1,000 IU. Years later he has full-blown PD

Parkinson's Disease and poor vitamin D genes

• 2X more Parkinson's disease if modified vitamin D receptor genes – meta-analysis Aug 2014
• Parkinson’s risk increased 2 to 7 times depending on Vitamin D Receptor – Sept 2016
  • Improving the Vitamin D Receptors is very low-cost

Parkinson's and Falling

• Younger Parkinson’s patients had better balance after 10,000 IU of vitamin D for 16 weeks – RCT Feb 2019
  • PD less likely to fall if add Vitamin D

Falling

• Preventing Falls in Older Adults – Vitamin D combination is the best - JAMA Meta-analysis Nov 2017
• Vitamin D prevents falls – majority of meta-analyses conclude – meta-meta analysis Feb 2015
• Elderly falls reduced 3.6 times by 900 IU of vitamin D and simple exercise – RCT Nov 2016
• Falls reduced by a third if achieved 40 ng level vitamin D– RCT Sept 2018

Falls and Fractures category contains the following

• 258 items in FALLS and FRACTURES
• Vitamin D and Calcium cost-effectively reduce falls and fractures – April 2019
• see also Overview Seniors and Vitamin D
  • Overview Fractures and Falls and Vitamin D
  • Overview Fractures and vitamin D
  • Muscles and Vitamin D - many studies

Falls

• Fall prevention - Vitamin D is one of the ways - umbrella review Jan 2024
• Deaths due to falls doubled in just a decade (age-adjusted, perhaps decreased vitamin D) – June 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
• Falls reduced by a third if achieved 40 ng level vitamin D– RCT Sept 2018
  • Note: It took 6 months to get to that level. Most trials last only 3 months
• Vitamin D prevents falls – majority of meta-analyses conclude – meta-meta analysis Feb 2015
• Falls reduced by Vitamin D: 13 percent reduction if more than 700 IU – review of 38 trials – Aug 2022

Left hand column section as of Nov 2024

Fracture

• Hip fractures are predicted by 10 factors – low Vitamin D is the biggest – Aug 2023
• Vitamin D and fractures – 24 meta-analyses and counting – Dec 2014
• Low trauma bone fractures in seniors – considering Vitamin D loading dose for all, without testing – Nov 2019
• Vitamin K (any amount and any kind) reduced bone fractures by 24 percent – meta-analysis – May 2019
• 77+ Hip fracture items in VitaminDWiki title   Click here for details examples:
  • Risk of Hip fracture cut in half if Vitamin D was prescribed - Aug 2023
  • Call to action: Vitamin D to prevent of treat hip fracture (50,000 weekly for 8 weeks, then bi-weekly) – Holick July 2020