vitamin-d-2 and Osteoarthritis

Uncontrolled studies have suggested that vitamin D insufficiency causes diffuse musculoskeletal pain.. Comparison of vitamin D levels in patients with diffuse musculoskeletal pain with controls; evaluation of the effect of treatment with vitamin D on diffuse pain.. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D levels were measured in patients with diffuse musculoskeletal pain and osteoarthritis (controls) recruited from a community rheumatology practice. The diffuse pain patients with 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels < or = 20 ng/mL were randomized to receive placebo or ergocalciferol 50,000 IU once weekly for 3 months. Outcomes assessed were pain measured by visual analog scale (VAS) and functional pain score (FPS).. One hundred eighty-four patients with diffuse pain and 104 with osteoarthritis entered the study. Mean 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels did not differ between the groups (diffuse pain 29.2 ng/mL +/- 13.0, controls 28.8 ng/mL +/- 10.5; P = 0.78); nor did the percent of patients in each group with vitamin D levels < or = 20 ng/mL (diffuse pain 29%, controls 20%; P = 0.09). Fifty patients with diffuse pain who had 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels < or = 20 ng/mL were randomized to receive vitamin D or placebo for 3 months. Vitamin D treatment had no effect on pain in comparison to baseline (VAS P = 0.73; FPS P = 0.18) or at 3 months in comparison to placebo (VAS P = 0.12; FPS P = 0.05, in favor of placebo).. Low vitamin D levels are not associated with diffuse musculoskeletal pain, and treatment with vitamin D does not reduce pain in patients with diffuse pain who have low vitamin D levels.

Topics: Adult; Aged; Case-Control Studies; Double-Blind Method; Ergocalciferols; Female; Fibromyalgia; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Pain Measurement; Vitamin D Deficiency; Vitamins; White People

Topics: Calcium; Cellulose; Dehydration; Diet Therapy; Drug Combinations; Ergocalciferols; Humans; Hypercalcemia; Injections, Intramuscular; Male; Middle Aged; Osteoarthritis; Prednisolone; Sodium; Vitamin D