Use Of Vitamin D3 Suppliments For Long Term Well Being

[edblu]

has anyone any experience in this? i only have a small patch of flexural psoriasis (groin area) about the size of a hand palm, but it is sore (3 out of 5) and itchy (again 3 out of 5) have tried hydrocortisone (1%) ointments, eumovate (0.05% w/w clobetasone butyrate) Silkis (calcitriol 3 mg / 1gm ointment. emmolients such as Diprobase & Epaderm for moisturing. I still have the pustular rash that i started with about 3 months ago. it wans but never really disappears completely. I am currently on a treatment break as directed by GP. I have read on other forums about increasing Vitamin D3 helps may other psoriasis sufferer's and have seen varying levels of dosage, from 1000mg to 10,000mg. I was looking for thoughts about this from the users here...any advice anyone? thanks in advance

[Caroline]

Hello Edblu,

To Psoriasisclub.

Hope you find what you need over here.
You can find more on the whole forum by using the search possibility.

Personally I keep my D3 level on a quite high level, and it is one of the things that helps.
It almost is never only one thing that does the job, or perhaps certain biologics.

An interesting read is Vitamin D the natural way.



Caroline.

[edblu]

Hi Caroline, thanks for the warm welcome! I have had a search though, but other than a general Vitamin D very good, I havent found anything a bit more specific. has anyone asked their GP? I have read on an American site, that advises on having blood tests done first to ensure that harm isnt done to kidneys etc, via increased levels of calcium, but not sure if this is soemthing that we even do in the UK...anyone out there know? thanks again in advance ;-)

[Caroline]

It is never bad to know how your current levels are. Then you also get a grip if you need to increase some.

An interesting read is Vitamin D the natural way., don’t know if you saw my addition to my previous post.

I may have an article for you from a dutch magazine about vit D, but no details over there either.

Caroline.

[edblu]

Hi Caroline,
your post was the first i saw about Vitamin D! so, thank you for enlightening me to that! i have since found, via websearch, this study amalgamation LINK REMOVED which outlines a list of studies since 1985 and has analysed the results so far. does sound promising. this particular conclusion is quite encouraging 

"suggested that intakes of oral vitamin D up to 10,000 IU daily were not associated with harmful effects; this dose was comparable to the maximum cutaneous (ie via sun exposure) vitamin D production, and no study has reported vitamin D intoxication from cutaneous synthesis alone. Although the doses and durations of vitamin D administration were not mentioned, they highlighted results from two studies: One found a clinical improvement of the PASI score in 88% of the patients, and the other reported moderate or better improvements in 25–50% of patients with psoriasis"

as i am currently still reading it, I will post more detail, as I find it....

[Caroline]

Hi Caroline,
your post was the first i saw about Vitamin D! so, thank you for enlightening me to that! i have since found, via websearch, this study amalgamation LINK REMOVED which outlines a list of studies since 1985 and has analysed the results so far. does sound promising. this particular conclusion is quite encouraging 

"suggested that intakes of oral vitamin D up to 10,000 IU daily were not associated with harmful effects; this dose was comparable to the maximum cutaneous (ie via sun exposure) vitamin D production, and no study has reported vitamin D intoxication from cutaneous synthesis alone. Although the doses and durations of vitamin D administration were not mentioned, they highlighted results from two studies: One found a clinical improvement of the PASI score in 88% of the patients, and the other reported moderate or better improvements in 25–50% of patients with psoriasis"

as i am currently still reading it, I will post more detail, as I find it....

Interesting, I will take a look at it.

But I must warn you, links are not allowed over here on the forum. Due to the 
Normally it is not even possible to make posts with a link in it, the forum software should kick it out.
I think there is a problem, but Fred will soon take a look at it.

[Fred]

Sorry edblu but we don't allow links on Psoriasis Club and it is clearly stated in our sign up agreement so I have removed it.

As for your question about Vit D3 supplements, you say "well being" I can't help with that but if you are thinking it will help with psoriasis ................. It won't. But that is just my opinion. 

Welcome to Psoriasis Club by the way. 

[Caroline]

Indeed that is Fred opinion.

My opinion is different…. It does work. (But not for Fred and we all are different)

I have found two articles for you, one overall article and one article on research on the effects of vit D and Psoriatic Arthritis.

Now we have to think of a trick to get them to you.

[Fred]

Now we have to think of a trick to get them to you. 

You can PM

[Kat]

I was actually on a high dose of Vitamin D when I was first diagnosed with psoriasis. My doctor is a firm believer in Vit D for overall health, however he never mentioned it in regards to psoriasis.

I personally do not think that Vitamin D has helped with my psoriasis as I have come off of it and been back on it and never noticed any difference honestly. But we are all different and what helps some doesn't always help others. I will say keeping your Vitamin D in the healthy range won't hurt. So I would have your doctor check your levels and then add a supplement if you are low. I WOULD NOT just start taking Vit D without seeing if I needed it first though.

If you haven't been to a dermatologist, I would suggest that as a first move. GP's are great but often don't know the best treatments for psoriasis.

And welcome! It's a great group here with lots of information.