The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Covid-19

Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by scott_paul on Thursday September 03, 2020 @02:27PM (#24367102)

Anyone else notice that Calcifediol is the most expensive vitamin-D analogue on the market? What a huge surprise that the study chose that form of vitamin-D specifically.

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Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by JabavuAdams on Thursday September 03, 2020 @02:34PM (#24367193)

That's quite a leap. Also, this study was done in Spain, so US intuitions probably don't apply without further study.

D3 takes 7 days to be fully metabolised to calcifediol. When Drs measure your D levels, they're actually measuring calcifediol.

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Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by SamBam on Thursday September 03, 2020 @02:43PM (#24367288)

oral Calcidefiol is significantly more potent than vitamin D3, and is a faster way to boost blood Calcidefiol, which is the purpose of ingesting vitamin D.

I assume that the researchers picked it (1) to increase the chances of seeing a significant effect, if there is one, and (2) because if hours are at stake in saving a person's life, the fastest boost may be needed.

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Re:The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Co... by hellofunk on Thursday September 03, 2020 @02:32PM (#24367167)

Correlation is not causation.

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