[HN Gopher] Vitamin D Looks Powerful, Underutilized for Covid-19
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Vitamin D Looks Powerful, Underutilized for Covid-19
Author : lisper
Score : 38 points
Date : 2020-05-08 21:54 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| cleandreams wrote:
| Vitamin D is under studied because it cannot be patented (my
| doctor told me).
| ColanR wrote:
| I've heard the same thing. No economic incentives compared to
| making a custom drug.
| gremlinsinc wrote:
| Not by me. I'm D-deficient, had gastric sleeve surgery,
| surprisingly it's the only deficiency I have regularly. I often
| forget my D... but been taking it religiously and asked my doctor
| if it's okay to add an extra 5000 iu per week, and he said it was
| fine and a good idea because of how low I normally run.
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| I've got a new formulation coming soon though that has vitamin k
| mixed in w/ 5000 ius, and a separate calcium/magnesium pill to
| make sure my bones stay strong. Will get re-tested next month and
| see if I beat the deficiency. I'm sure there's plenty of things
| but seemed like taking D probably is biggest (other than
| distancing) due to my already extremely low normal levels.
| tracker1 wrote:
| Worth considering if you're eating too little fat, you may have
| problems with absorption of fat soluble vitamins like D and K.
| httpsterio wrote:
| I read somewhere that prolonged high doses of vitamin D might
| have adverse effects on bone strength making them more brittle,
| but I'm unsure about the source. I personally have celiac
| disease and hypothyroidism am also having issues keeping the D
| up (heh heh). I take about 200ug daily with vitamin K and I'm
| thinking about increasing it temporarily to double of that.
| Generally it shouldn't be an issue with short term higher
| doses, but nearing a 1000ug daily dose for prolonged periods
| (months) can be dangerous.
| jeffdavis wrote:
| And if people hoard it and it's out of stock, you can just go
| outside!
| samatman wrote:
| It doesn't take hoarding, although that doesn't help. There are
| precious few products that can stay on the shelves when
| everyone decides they need some at once.
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| At northern latitudes, there isn't an available amount of
| sunlight, such that dark-skinned people can synthesize a
| healthy amount of vitamin D. Indeed, this is probably why light
| skin is selected for at those latitudes.
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| As a silver lining, I hope this crisis will provoke awareness
| of that fact. In most parts of the US, people with dark skin
| should definitely be taking supplemental Vitamin D. Really
| everyone should, unless they're a light-skinned sun-worshipper
| living in the Sun Belt.
| aklemm wrote:
| My doctor told me plenty of Americans have trouble making
| vitamin D even with sun exposure.
| jeffdavis wrote:
| Why is that? Is there some missing ingredient?
| chvid wrote:
| You can go outside and have a smoke ... that helps too ...
| jeffdavis wrote:
| A double-blind study for respiratory infections (before
| covid-19):
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| https://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.i6583
| Exmoor wrote:
| Previous Vitamin-D/COVID discussion with many informative
| comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23023703
| Alex3917 wrote:
| For what it's worth, I've been curating research on over-the-
| counter interventions for Covid-19 here:
| https://www.reddit.com/r/covid19stack
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| The research on vitamin D has been discussed extensively there
| over the last couple months.
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| This article (and the linked citations) misses a bunch of the
| most important theorized mechanisms of action, most notably that
| vitamin D plays a role in regulating blood clotting and having
| adequate levels may prevent the kind of sudden deaths from stoke
| we've been seeing in people who seemed to have gotten over the
| disease with otherwise mild symptoms.
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