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Standing apart from the various other essential nutrients, vitamin D was spotlighted recently as having
special therapeutic potential. This has important implications for the management of chronic
musculoskeletal pain and fatigue syndromes.
During this past June 2008, news-media headlines heralded recent clinical research that revealed
benefits of vitamin D for preventing type 1 diabetes,1 promoting survival from certain cancers,2 and
decreasing the risks of coronary heart disease.3 Overlooked, however, was the traditional role of vitamin
D in promoting musculoskeletal health and the considerable evidence demonstrating advantages of
vitamin D therapy in helping to alleviate chronic muscle, bone and joint aches, and pains of various
types.
Chronic pain—persisting more than 3 months—is a common problem leading patients to seek medical
care.4-7 In many cases, the causes are nonspecific, without evidence of injury, disease, or neurological or
anatomical defect.8,9 However, according to extensive clinical research examining adult patients of all
ages, inadequate concentrations of vitamin D have been linked to nonspecific muscle, bone, or joint
pain, muscle weakness or fatigue, fibromyalgia syndrome, rheumatic disorders, osteoarthritis,
hyperesthesia, migraine headaches, and other chronic somatic complaints. It also has been implicated
in the mood disturbances of chronic fatigue syndrome and seasonal affective disorder.
Although further research would be helpful, current best evidence demonstrates that supplemental
vitamin D can help many patients who have been unresponsive to other therapies for pain. Vitamin D
therapy is easy for patients to self-administer, well-tolerated, and very economical.