Efficacy of Vitamin D in the treatment of COVID-19
The effectiveness of vitamin D in the treatment of COVID-19
Taking vitamin D in doses 2-3 times more than preventative doses can be effective in preventing and treating COVID-19, but very high doses are best avoided – they can lead to dangerous side effects.
“High doses of Vitamin D are not always beneficial. But increasing the dose of Vitamin D 2-3 times higher than the preventive dose and its continuous consumption contributes to stabilizing the body and reducing the severe course including the Corona virus. There are a large number of side effects that can occur with doses High Therefore, the main work carried out during these two years showed that if a person is already sick and for preventive purposes, it makes sense to increase the dose of vitamin D above the preventive dose, but not more than 2- 3 times.
And virologist Yevgeny Timakov noted that even at the beginning of the epidemic, it turned out that the most severe course of COVID-19 was observed in people with vitamin D deficiency. Other studies have shown that vitamin D plays an important role in the formation of the endocrine glands and the immune system, so a low level is also associated with a more serious course of infectious diseases. However, an excessive intake of vitamin D can be dangerous – its excess leads to the accumulation of calcium in the foci of inflammation and the disruption of the organs in which calcifications are formed. Therefore, taking vitamin D in excessive doses is not worth it.
