[HN Gopher] Rapid Vitamin D Supplementation May Present Better O...
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Rapid Vitamin D Supplementation May Present Better Outcomes in
Covid-19
Author : curmudgeon22
Score : 24 points
Date : 2021-11-29 18:50 UTC (4 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
(TXT) w3m dump (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
| nradov wrote:
| Here's the original full text study link.
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| https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/11/4047/htm
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| It looks interesting but I'm concerned that they describe
| hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as "anti-virals". While some
| doctors attempted to use those medications to treat COVID-19,
| they were never confirmed to have any significant anti-viral
| effect. So that leads me to question the quality of the peer
| review process.
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| This other site has a fairly complete index of other studies on
| vitamin D and COVID-19. Taken as a whole there's pretty strong
| evidence that vitamin D deficiency is a serious risk factor.
| There's a real causative relationship; it's more than just a
| correlation with other risk factors like advanced age and
| obesity.
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| https://vitamin-d-covid.shotwell.ca/
| bananabiscuit wrote:
| Hydroxychloroquine was only conclusively proven to have no
| effect on already hospitalized patients with severe covid. It
| is now known that this is the point in the disease where the
| significant portion of viral activity has already taken place,
| so it would make sense that an anti-viral would no longer do
| anything at this point.
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| Last I checked there were no large trials for its use as early
| treatment, but some small trials do show that it can be
| effective if used early.
|
| Here's a summary:
| https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7534595/
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