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<blockquote data-quote="BigTex" data-source="post: 230145" data-attributes="member: 43589"><p>There is a very good immunologist here in Houston that my saw quite a few times. They were some of the first to successfully treat Covid-19 and the 1st to recognize that Long COvid-19 was not a figment of patients imaginations. One of the regiments my wife was put on with the Long Covid was Vitamin D3 and Omega 3. She is now free of the Long Covid-19. Why does he use D3? Here is his explanation:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]24564[/ATTACH]</p><p>Nogues X, Ovejero D, Pineda-Moncusí M, Bouillon R, Arenas D, Pascual J, Ribes A, Guerri-Fernandez R, Villar-Garcia J, Rial A, Gimenez-Argente C, Cos ML, Rodriguez-Morera J, Campodarve I, Quesada-Gomez JM, Garcia-Giralt N. <strong>Calcifediol Treatment and COVID-19-Related Outcomes.</strong> J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Sep 27;106(10):e4017-e4027. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgab405. PMID: 34097036; PMCID: PMC8344647.</p><p><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34097036/" target="_blank">Calcifediol Treatment and COVID-19-Related Outcomes - PubMed</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In patients hospitalized with COVID-19, calcifediol treatment significantly reduced ICU admission and mortality.</p><p></p><p>Ok, did this happen by magic?</p><p></p><p>Entrenas Castillo M, Entrenas Costa LM, Vaquero Barrios JM, Alcalá Díaz JF, López Miranda J, Bouillon R, Quesada Gomez JM. "<strong>Effect of calcifediol treatment and best available therapy versus best available therapy on intensive care unit admission and mortality among patients hospitalized for COVID-19: A pilot randomized clinical study". </strong>J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2020 Oct;203:105751. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2020.105751. Epub 2020 Aug 29. PMID: 32871238; PMCID: PMC7456194.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32871238/" target="_blank">"Effect of calcifediol treatment and best available therapy versus best available therapy on intensive care unit admission and mortality among patients hospitalized for COVID-19: A pilot randomized clinical study" - PubMed</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our pilot study demonstrated that administration of a high dose of Calcifediol or 25-hydroxyvitamin D, a main metabolite of vitamin D endocrine system, significantly reduced the need for ICU treatment of patients requiring hospitalization due to proven COVID-19. Calcifediol seems to be able to reduce severity of the disease, but larger trials with groups properly matched will be required to show a definitive answer.</p><p></p><p>Seems to be working in real world situations. </p><p></p><p>Fiore V, De Vito A, Bagella P, Princic E, Mariani AA, Denti L, Fois AG, Madeddu G, Babudieri S, Maida I. <strong>Effectiveness of Vitamin D Supplements among Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: Results from a Monocentric Matched-Cohort Study. </strong>Healthcare (Basel). 2022 May 22;10(5):956. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10050956. PMID: 35628093; PMCID: PMC9141918.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35628093/" target="_blank">Effectiveness of Vitamin D Supplements among Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: Results from a Monocentric Matched-Cohort Study - PubMed</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a retrospective, monocentric matched-cohort study, including patients attending our ward for COVID-19. Patients were divided into two groups depending on VitD3 administration (Group A) or not (Group B) among patients with low VitD levels (defined as blood levels &lt; 30 ng/mL), which depended on physicians' judgment. Our internal protocol provides VitD3 100,000 UI/daily for two days.</p><p></p><p>Group A patients were less likely to undergo NIV [Group A vs. Group B = 12 vs. 23 (<em>p</em> = 0.026)] and showed an improvement in almost all inflammatory parameters.</p><p></p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The link between VitD3 deficiency and the clinical course of COVID-19 during hospitalization suggests that VitD3 level is a useful prognostic marker. Considering the safety of supplementation and the low cost, VitD3 replacement should be considered among SARS-CoV-2 infected patients needing hospitalization.</p><p></p><p>Again, a link has been established showing improvements in almost all inflammatory parameters, According to this study, VitD3 supplement should be considered in patients needing hospitalization, especially considering the safety and low cost.</p><p></p><p>Entrenas Castillo M, Entrenas Costa LM, Vaquero Barrios JM, Alcalá Díaz JF, López Miranda J, Bouillon R, Quesada Gomez JM. "<strong>Effect of calcifediol treatment and best available therapy versus best available therapy on intensive care unit admission and mortality among patients hospitalized for COVID-19: A pilot randomized clinical study"</strong>. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2020 Oct;203:105751. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2020.105751. Epub 2020 Aug 29. PMID: 32871238; PMCID: PMC7456194.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7456194/" target="_blank">“Effect of calcifediol treatment and best available therapy versus best available therapy on intensive care unit admission and mortality among patients hospitalized for COVID-19: A pilot randomized clinical study”</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong></p><p></p><p>Our pilot study demonstrated that administration of a high dose of Calcifediol or 25-hydroxyvitamin D, a main metabolite of vitamin D endocrine system, significantly reduced the need for ICU treatment of patients requiring hospitalization due to proven COVID-19. Calcifediol seems to be able to reduce severity of the disease, but larger trials with groups properly matched will be required to show a definitive answer.</p><p></p><p>More successful use in a real world situation.</p><p></p><p>Malaguarnera L<strong>. Vitamin D3 as Potential Treatment Adjuncts for COVID-19. Nutrients.</strong> 2020 Nov 14;12(11):3512. doi: 10.3390/nu12113512. PMID: 33202670; PMCID: PMC7697253. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7697253/" target="_blank">Vitamin D3 as Potential Treatment Adjuncts for COVID-19</a></p><p></p><p>Vitamin D and its receptor vitamin D receptor (VDR) exert a critical role in infections due to their remarkable impact on both innate and adaptive immune responses and on the suppression of the inflammatory process. The protective properties of vitamin D supplementation have been supported by numerous observational studies and by meta-analysis of clinical trials for prevention of viral acute respiratory infection.</p><p></p><p>Use as a prophylactic?</p><p></p><p>Low cost and real world success, I went 2 1/2 years teaching in the public around people infected with Covid-19, day after day and never got sick. I was it worth the money I spent on Vitamin D? Was it worth taking the chance? Again, back in the 70's we took anabolic steroids when the pharma industry showed evidence that they did not enhance athletic ability. Yet those of us in real world situations anecdotally got amazing results from them year after year. I am still amazed at how many discredit observational studies and anecdotal reports from those in the trenches. How much literature shows hGH does nothing to increase muscle mass, yet pros are using it every day to do just that? Are there any case studies investigating the use in professional bodybuilders or other elite level athletes at the mega doses they use, in combination with big doses of steroids. Many times science either hasn't investigated or they just haven't come up with all the answers. Which certainly doesn't mean people are not getting results. But then how many who are so careful, jumped right on the covid vaccines while it was still very much experimental and still in the clinical trial stage. </p><p></p><p>With a large percentage of Americans deficient in Vitamin D and the media/medical community discouraging us from getting in the sun, we certainly need to start taking this issue seriously. There is certainly lots of evidence pointing to the importance of Vitamin D in the immune system.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigTex, post: 230145, member: 43589"] There is a very good immunologist here in Houston that my saw quite a few times. They were some of the first to successfully treat Covid-19 and the 1st to recognize that Long COvid-19 was not a figment of patients imaginations. One of the regiments my wife was put on with the Long Covid was Vitamin D3 and Omega 3. She is now free of the Long Covid-19. Why does he use D3? Here is his explanation: [ATTACH type="full"]24564[/ATTACH] Nogues X, Ovejero D, Pineda-Moncusí M, Bouillon R, Arenas D, Pascual J, Ribes A, Guerri-Fernandez R, Villar-Garcia J, Rial A, Gimenez-Argente C, Cos ML, Rodriguez-Morera J, Campodarve I, Quesada-Gomez JM, Garcia-Giralt N. [B]Calcifediol Treatment and COVID-19-Related Outcomes.[/B] J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Sep 27;106(10):e4017-e4027. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgab405. PMID: 34097036; PMCID: PMC8344647. [URL="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34097036/"]Calcifediol Treatment and COVID-19-Related Outcomes - PubMed[/URL] [B]Conclusion: [/B]In patients hospitalized with COVID-19, calcifediol treatment significantly reduced ICU admission and mortality. Ok, did this happen by magic? Entrenas Castillo M, Entrenas Costa LM, Vaquero Barrios JM, Alcalá Díaz JF, López Miranda J, Bouillon R, Quesada Gomez JM. "[B]Effect of calcifediol treatment and best available therapy versus best available therapy on intensive care unit admission and mortality among patients hospitalized for COVID-19: A pilot randomized clinical study". [/B]J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2020 Oct;203:105751. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2020.105751. Epub 2020 Aug 29. PMID: 32871238; PMCID: PMC7456194. [URL="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32871238/"]"Effect of calcifediol treatment and best available therapy versus best available therapy on intensive care unit admission and mortality among patients hospitalized for COVID-19: A pilot randomized clinical study" - PubMed[/URL] [B]Conclusion: [/B]Our pilot study demonstrated that administration of a high dose of Calcifediol or 25-hydroxyvitamin D, a main metabolite of vitamin D endocrine system, significantly reduced the need for ICU treatment of patients requiring hospitalization due to proven COVID-19. Calcifediol seems to be able to reduce severity of the disease, but larger trials with groups properly matched will be required to show a definitive answer. Seems to be working in real world situations. Fiore V, De Vito A, Bagella P, Princic E, Mariani AA, Denti L, Fois AG, Madeddu G, Babudieri S, Maida I. [B]Effectiveness of Vitamin D Supplements among Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: Results from a Monocentric Matched-Cohort Study. [/B]Healthcare (Basel). 2022 May 22;10(5):956. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10050956. PMID: 35628093; PMCID: PMC9141918. [URL="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35628093/"]Effectiveness of Vitamin D Supplements among Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: Results from a Monocentric Matched-Cohort Study - PubMed[/URL] [B]Methods: [/B]We conducted a retrospective, monocentric matched-cohort study, including patients attending our ward for COVID-19. Patients were divided into two groups depending on VitD3 administration (Group A) or not (Group B) among patients with low VitD levels (defined as blood levels < 30 ng/mL), which depended on physicians' judgment. Our internal protocol provides VitD3 100,000 UI/daily for two days. Group A patients were less likely to undergo NIV [Group A vs. Group B = 12 vs. 23 ([I]p[/I] = 0.026)] and showed an improvement in almost all inflammatory parameters. [B]Conclusions: [/B]The link between VitD3 deficiency and the clinical course of COVID-19 during hospitalization suggests that VitD3 level is a useful prognostic marker. Considering the safety of supplementation and the low cost, VitD3 replacement should be considered among SARS-CoV-2 infected patients needing hospitalization. Again, a link has been established showing improvements in almost all inflammatory parameters, According to this study, VitD3 supplement should be considered in patients needing hospitalization, especially considering the safety and low cost. Entrenas Castillo M, Entrenas Costa LM, Vaquero Barrios JM, Alcalá Díaz JF, López Miranda J, Bouillon R, Quesada Gomez JM. "[B]Effect of calcifediol treatment and best available therapy versus best available therapy on intensive care unit admission and mortality among patients hospitalized for COVID-19: A pilot randomized clinical study"[/B]. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2020 Oct;203:105751. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2020.105751. Epub 2020 Aug 29. PMID: 32871238; PMCID: PMC7456194. [URL="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7456194/"]“Effect of calcifediol treatment and best available therapy versus best available therapy on intensive care unit admission and mortality among patients hospitalized for COVID-19: A pilot randomized clinical study”[/URL] [B]Conclusion[/B] Our pilot study demonstrated that administration of a high dose of Calcifediol or 25-hydroxyvitamin D, a main metabolite of vitamin D endocrine system, significantly reduced the need for ICU treatment of patients requiring hospitalization due to proven COVID-19. Calcifediol seems to be able to reduce severity of the disease, but larger trials with groups properly matched will be required to show a definitive answer. More successful use in a real world situation. Malaguarnera L[B]. Vitamin D3 as Potential Treatment Adjuncts for COVID-19. Nutrients.[/B] 2020 Nov 14;12(11):3512. doi: 10.3390/nu12113512. PMID: 33202670; PMCID: PMC7697253. [URL="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7697253/"]Vitamin D3 as Potential Treatment Adjuncts for COVID-19[/URL] Vitamin D and its receptor vitamin D receptor (VDR) exert a critical role in infections due to their remarkable impact on both innate and adaptive immune responses and on the suppression of the inflammatory process. The protective properties of vitamin D supplementation have been supported by numerous observational studies and by meta-analysis of clinical trials for prevention of viral acute respiratory infection. Use as a prophylactic? Low cost and real world success, I went 2 1/2 years teaching in the public around people infected with Covid-19, day after day and never got sick. I was it worth the money I spent on Vitamin D? Was it worth taking the chance? Again, back in the 70's we took anabolic steroids when the pharma industry showed evidence that they did not enhance athletic ability. Yet those of us in real world situations anecdotally got amazing results from them year after year. I am still amazed at how many discredit observational studies and anecdotal reports from those in the trenches. How much literature shows hGH does nothing to increase muscle mass, yet pros are using it every day to do just that? Are there any case studies investigating the use in professional bodybuilders or other elite level athletes at the mega doses they use, in combination with big doses of steroids. Many times science either hasn't investigated or they just haven't come up with all the answers. Which certainly doesn't mean people are not getting results. But then how many who are so careful, jumped right on the covid vaccines while it was still very much experimental and still in the clinical trial stage. With a large percentage of Americans deficient in Vitamin D and the media/medical community discouraging us from getting in the sun, we certainly need to start taking this issue seriously. There is certainly lots of evidence pointing to the importance of Vitamin D in the immune system. [/QUOTE]
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