"Vitamina D e cama"
Os suplementos de vitamina D não reduzem a incidência ou a gravidade de infecções do trato respiratório, de acordo com um estudo do Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Pesquisadores randomizaram cerca de 320 adultos aparentemente saudáveis na Nova Zelândia para receber suplementos de vitamina D3 por via oral ou placebo durante 18 meses. As drogas foram administradas em consultas mensais para garantir a adesão, com uma dose de 200.000 UI, que foi reduzida a 100.000 UI na terceira consulta.
O nível médio de soro de 25-hidroxivitamina D subiu de 29 ng / ml no início do estudo para 48 ng / mL, com o tratamento ativo. Ao final do estudo, nem o número de infecções do trato respiratório, nem a gravidade da doença diferiu significativamente entre os grupos.
A vitamina D pode ter várias utilidades para a saúde, como na osteoporose. Embora algumas delas também não estejam comprovadas. Este artigo coloca um grande ponto de interrogação na sua utilidade para o trato respiratório.
Leia o abstract:
Context Observational studies have reported an inverse association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) levels and incidence of upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs). However, results of clinical trials of vitamin D supplementation have been inconclusive.Objective To determine the effect of vitamin D supplementation on incidence and severity of URTIs in healthy adults.Design, Setting, and Participants Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial conducted among 322 healthy adults between February 2010 and November 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. Intervention Participants were randomly assigned to receive an initial dose of 200 000 IU oral vitamin D3, then 200 000 IU 1 month later, then 100 000 IU monthly (n = 161), or placebo administered in an identical dosing regimen (n = 161), for a total of 18 months.Main Outcome Measures The primary end point was number of URTI episodes. Secondary end points were duration of URTI episodes, severity of URTI episodes, and number of days of missed work due to URTI episodes.Results The mean baseline 25-OHD level of participants was 29 (SD, 9) ng/mL. Vitamin D supplementation resulted in an increase in serum 25-OHD levels that was maintained at greater than 48 ng/mL throughout the study. There were 593 URTI episodes in the vitamin D group and 611 in the placebo group, with no statistically significant differences in the number of URTIs per participant (mean, 3.7 per person in the vitamin D group and 3.8 per person in the placebo group; risk ratio, 0.97; 95% CI, 0.85-1.11), number of days of missed work as a result of URTIs (mean, 0.76 days in each group; risk ratio, 1.03; 95% CI, 0.81-1.30), duration of symptoms per episode (mean, 12 days in each group; risk ratio, 0.96; 95% CI, 0.73-1.25), or severity of URTI episodes. These findings remained unchanged when the analysis was repeated by season and by baseline 25-OHD levels.Conclusion In this trial, monthly administration of 100 000 IU of vitamin D did not reduce the incidence or severity of URTIs in healthy adults.Trial Registration anzctr.org.au Identifier: ACTRN12609000486224
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Publicado originalmente por Leonardo C M Savassi
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