Olmesartan (blood pressure drug Benecar) improves Vitamin D Receptor by an unknown amount

• When Olmesartan is taken at higher than normal dosing it apparently improved the Vitamin D Receptor
• Unable to quickly find how much increase in VDR it actually provides
• Benicar® Restores Vitamin D Receptor Competence June 2014
  Nice description with 20 references
• Science behind olmesartan (Benicar) Marshal Protocol
  Safety of olmesartan
  Potent anti-inflammatory
  Vitamin D Receptor agonist
  Pharmacodynamics
  The unbound Vitamin D Receptor degrades quickly
  Infected cells have VDRs with a shorter life span
  Bacterial products down-regulate the expression of the VDR
  Pregnane X Receptor (PXR) agonist
  Other beneficial effects
  Cardiovascular disease
  Kidney disease
  Historical note: early insights into the necessity of frequent ARB dosing
  Other benefits of Olmesartan in patients - recent studies
  Related publications and presentations
  References
• Ordering Olmesartan approx $1 per pill
• Dosing: 1 pill every 4 hours thus the cost is ~$6/day
• Bacterial Etiology of Chronic Illness Feb 2014
  Describes use of olmesartan to improve VDR

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See also VitaminDWiki

Vitamin D Receptor category has the following

530 studies in Vitamin D Receptor category

Vitamin D tests cannot detect Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) problems
A poor VDR restricts Vitamin D from getting in the cells

See also: 48 studies in the Resveratrol category

It appears that 30% of the population have a poor VDR (40% of the Obese )
Several diseases protect themselves by deactivating the Vitamin D receptor. Example: Breast Cancer
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The Vitamin D Receptor is associated with many health problems

Health problems include: Autoimmune (19 studies), Breast Cancer (24 studies), Colon Cancer (13 studies), Cardiovascular (23 studies), Cognition (16 studies), Diabetes (24 studies), Hypertension (9 studies), Infant (22 studies), Lupus (6 studies), Metabolic Syndrome (4 studies), Mortality (4 studies), Multiple Sclerosis (14 studies), Obesity (17 studies), Pregnancy (24 studies), Rheumatoid Arthritis (10 studies), TB (8 studies), VIRUS (37 studies),   Click here for details
Some health problems, such as Breast Cancer, Diabetes, and COVID protect themselves by reducing VDR activation

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55 health problems associated with poor VDR

A poor VDR is associated with the risk of 55 health problems  click here for details
The risk of 48 diseases at least double with poor VDR as of Jan 2023  click here for details
Some health problem, such as Breast Cancer reduce the VDR

VDR at-home test $29 - results not easily understood in 2016
There are hints that you may have inherited a poor VDR

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How to increase VDR activation

Compensate for poor VDR by increasing one or more:

Increasing	Increases
1) Vitamin D supplement  Sun Ultraviolet -B	Vitamin D in the blood and thus in the cells
2) Magnesium	Vitamin D in the blood  AND in the cells
3) Omega-3	Vitamin D in the cells
4) Resveratrol	Vitamin D Receptor
5) Intense exercise	Vitamin D Receptor
6) Get prescription for VDR activator    paricalcitol, maxacalcitol?	Vitamin D Receptor
7) Quercetin (flavonoid)	Vitamin D Receptor
8) Zinc is in the VDR	Vitamin D Receptor
9) Boron	Vitamin D Receptor ?, etc
10) Essential oils e.g. ginger, curcumin	Vitamin D Receptor
11) Progesterone	Vitamin D Receptor
12) Infrequent high concentration Vitamin D Increases the concentration gradient	Vitamin D Receptor
13) Sulfroaphane and perhaps sulfur	Vitamin D Receptor
14) Butyrate especially gut	Vitamin D Receptor
15) Berberine	Vitamin D Receptor

Note: If you are not feeling enough benefit from Vitamin D, you might try increasing VDR activation. You might feel the benefit within days of adding one or more of the above

Far healthier and stronger at age 72 due to supplements Includes 6 supplements that help the VDR