Diffuse musculoskeletal pain is not associated with low vitamin D levels or improved by treatment with vitamin D

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology : Practical Reports on Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Diseases
Ann E Warner, Sarah A Arnspiger

Abstract

Uncontrolled studies have suggested that vitamin D insufficiency causes diffuse musculoskeletal pain. Comparison of vitamin D levels in patients with diffuse musculoskeletal pain with controls; evaluation of the effect of treatment with vitamin D on diffuse pain. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D levels were measured in patients with diffuse musculoskeletal pain and osteoarthritis (controls) recruited from a community rheumatology practice. The diffuse pain patients with 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels < or = 20 ng/mL were randomized to receive placebo or ergocalciferol 50,000 IU once weekly for 3 months. Outcomes assessed were pain measured by visual analog scale (VAS) and functional pain score (FPS). One hundred eighty-four patients with diffuse pain and 104 with osteoarthritis entered the study. Mean 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels did not differ between the groups (diffuse pain 29.2 ng/mL +/- 13.0, controls 28.8 ng/mL +/- 10.5; P = 0.78); nor did the percent of patients in each group with vitamin D levels < or = 20 ng/mL (diffuse pain 29%, controls 20%; P = 0.09). Fifty patients with diffuse pain who had 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels < or = 20 ng/mL were randomized to receive vitamin D or placebo for 3 months. Vitamin D treatment had no effect on pai...Continue Reading

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