Vitamin D: The Only Dietary Supplement Showing Significant Benefit for MS Neurology Advisor May 2018, reporting on JAMA article
- “Of these, only vitamin D's associations were found to be significant enough to merit clinical application. Vitamins B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, C, and E showed no effects on individuals with MS.
- Of dietary supplements, creatine, curcumin, green tea extract, and resveratrol showed no effect in subjects with MS.
- Caffeine, carnitine, coenzyme Q10, ginkgo biloba, lipoic acid, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and probiotics showed some effects, but none were significant.”
Use of Vitamins and Dietary Supplements by Patients With Multiple Sclerosis April 2018
JAMA Neurol. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.0611
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For decades MS has been treated by Vitamin D, and in 80% of the cases, cured
The identical dose does not, however, cure every person with MS
The amount of Vitamin D and other supplements needed to cure must be increased/decreased for each individual
Such "adjustments" are not possible in Randomized Controlled Trials
Without RCTs the medical community ignores the resulting outstanding success
While the medical community had been ignoring the successes of vitamin D,
over 70,000 Facebook members are considering Vitamin D to cure their MS
- Multiple Sclerosis: number needed to treat with vitamin D may be as low as 1.3 – Meta-analysis Oct 2013
- Multiple Sclerosis treated when use high doses of vitamin D – meta-analysis May 2018
The study concluded that when averaged over all dose sizes and durations Vitamin D provided no benefit - Multiple Sclerosis Relapsing-Remitting rate reduced 30 percent by addition of 14,000 IU vitamin D daily – RCT Nov 2016
- Vitamin D has treated Multiple Sclerosis and autoimmune diseases for 16 years – Coimbra April 2018
- Overview MS and vitamin D