New Study Raises The Question: Does Vitamin D Help Treat COVID-19 Or Not?
Wochit Business
2020-11-30
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Multiple studies have suggested that vitamin D could prevent COVID-19 infections--or at least reduce the severity of the novel coronavirus's symptoms.
But according to Business Insider, new research says patients with severe COVID-19 don't seem to benefit from taking large doses of vitamin D.
Researchers from the University of Sao Paolo, Brazil, looked at 240 Brazilian patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 between June and October.
Half received a single large dose of 200,000 IU of vitamin D3; the other half received a placebo.
The dose in this study, 200,000 IU, is 500 times the recommended daily amount of vitamin D, significantly more than most people would take on a regular basis.
The vitamin D recipients showed no greater improvements than the placebo group. They were just as likely to need intensive care, ventilator treatment, or die of their illness.
But according to Business Insider, new research says patients with severe COVID-19 don't seem to benefit from taking large doses of vitamin D.
Researchers from the University of Sao Paolo, Brazil, looked at 240 Brazilian patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 between June and October.
Half received a single large dose of 200,000 IU of vitamin D3; the other half received a placebo.
The dose in this study, 200,000 IU, is 500 times the recommended daily amount of vitamin D, significantly more than most people would take on a regular basis.
The vitamin D recipients showed no greater improvements than the placebo group. They were just as likely to need intensive care, ventilator treatment, or die of their illness.
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