Fibromyalgia Linked to Vitamin D Deficiency

By Karen Lee Richards, Health Guide Wednesday, January 18, 2012

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A new study, to be published in the journal Pain Medicine, found that people with fibromyalgia tended to be deficient in vitamin D. The results also indicated that treatment with high-dose vitamin D3 resulted in significant improvement of most fibromyalgia symptoms. Study Design and Resul...

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1/19/12 10:19pm

This is so true! IHave experienced so much improvement in general but also cognitive. Uquibinol C0q10 , as well as Ribose, acetyl l carnotite plus iron and B complex shots which I have every week. This has worked wonders for me . Ana

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1/19/12 10:27pm

That is exactly what I experiment when I drink more than 3 glasses over the weekend, drinking one Friday night, another Saturday and most of the times I cannot take a third and last drink on Saturday because I have already started feeling very bad all over again and excessively tired and sluggish.

Living With Chronic Pain

1/20/12 12:05pm

I find this a bit interesting because I have FM and I just found out that I have a vitamin D deficiency. My body will not absorb Vitamin D. So to help it to absorb it, I am on a very high dose of calcium lactate. I haven't seen any fm changes since I have been on it, for the last six months, but other symptoms have gotten better. Symptoms that I didn't even know was caused by lack of vitamin D absorption. Such as cold sores, I have gotten those all of my life. Yes, it is a virus, & it lays dormant in your body & just flairs up at certain times. However, what I didn't know, is that it flairs when I have been exposed to vitamin D. I knew that I'd get an outbreak when I was outside very much, winter or summer ( I live in Colorado, where we get less than 25 cloudy days a year.) . I also knew that when I'd get sick,I'd get them, dry lips, sunburns on my face, etc. I also get tons of kidney stones, upwards of 35 stones in 14 years, which aparently are caused by a vitamin D deficiency. Or, at least my type of stones are. So, because I cannot absorb vitamin D, my body rejects it, & these are some of the things that happen. Adding the calcium lactate, helps me absorb vitamin D, which in turn, helps with, or completely takes away the cold sores. Helps with my body from forming kidney stones, & some other things. So, I just find this interesting.

Karen Lee Richards, Health Guide

1/21/12 7:23am

Thank you for sharing your experiences with Vitamin D. I never would have related it to cold sores and kidney stones. I continue to be surprised by all the things vitamin D seems to have an effect on. Glad to hear the calcium is helping you absorb vitamin D better. I hope you continue to see improvements.

ktdid2late

2/20/12 5:18pm

What a great coincidence and today I find this series on FM & vitamin D
I was recently referred to a fibromyalgia specialist at the OSU Medical Center(after 10 yr diagnosis). My first visit included 9 vials of blood for testing and xrays of my pelvis and hips because of the extreme pain there. Today I recieved a follow-up call from my doctor. My Vitamin D levels were so low that she is prescribing the above mentioned dose of Vitamin D. (Also my liver enzymes were elavated (alcohol limited to 2-3 drinks 3-4x per year) which also bothers me greatly. Any thughts on that would be appreciated greatly as well). I sure hope this vitamin D regemin makes a diiference because the pain has gone from nearly un-managable to 12-18 hours of near unbearable.

Karen Lee Richards, Health Guide

2/21/12 11:33pm

I hope the vitamin D helps you. You might want to check which kind of vitamin D your doctor prescribed. I believe the prescription vitamin D is usually D2 but D3 is actually much more effective. It's not expensive and can be purchased at any health food store or online. But of course, talk with your doctor before you make any changes.

Also, be sure to talk with your doctor about your elevated liver enzymes. If they're only slightly elevated, it's probably nothing to worry about but should be checked again in two or three months to make sure they go back to normal. Every once in awhile mine will be a little high but when I'm retested, they're fine. Many medications are metabolized in the liver so it is important to keep a check on it. One over-the-counter medication to be particularly careful with is acetaminophen (Tylenol). Too much acetaminophen can damage the liver. It's often in other medications, both prescription and OTC, so you have to read labels carefully to make sure you're not getting too much.

I hope the new specialist is able to help you and you're feeling better soon.

Skye

2/29/12 8:44pm

I read about the high doses of Vitamin D for pain some time back and started taking 3,000-5,000 a day. My doc said that amount was OK.

I do not know if it has helped my pain at that lower level but I have suffered from depression every year I can remember. I even discussed buying lights for therapy.

Last year and then again this year the lack of sunlight doesn't seem to bother me at all.

It will be very interesting in the future to find out what vitamin therapy can do.

By the way, I am also a bariatric patient and it is currently not certain how much we absorb of oral meds and we know we have to take b-12 by injection because that part of our stomachs that absorbs B-12 is by-passed.

tjhelser

3/ 2/12 4:52am

Interesting. My primary and are now in the middle of investiagting why at 1 yr plus and 5000 IU's a day of Vitamin D I am not absorbing the D.

I'll be watching for more maybe credible studies and reports. I too question this study.

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