Vitamin D Supplementation Can Reduce Neuropathy, Autoimmune Inflammation and Migraine Pain

Publication Date: June 2008

http://Pain-Topics.org/VitaminD

Neuropathy – A recently reported prospective study of 51 patients with type 2 diabetes and

associated chronic, painful neuropathy found that conservative vitamin D supplementation

(about 2000 IU/day) for 3 months resulted in nearly a 50% decrease in pain scores, with

symptoms improving from “distressing” to “mild” on average [Lee and Chen 2008]. There had

been an earlier case report of a patient with type 1 diabetes whose severe neuropathy had

confined her to a wheelchair. This patient’s aches and pains were resolved by high-dose vitamin

D supplementation, and she reportedly was able to walk unassisted within 4 weeks

[Prabhala et al. 2000].