Vitamin D Deficiency And Chronic Pain

Most patients and most primary care physicians are unaware of the very real link between Vitamin D deficiency and chronic pain. It is a major cause for concern amongst chronic pain sufferers and has been recently discovered that Vitamin D deficiency is now at epidemic proportions in the United States. If you are a long time chronic pain sufferer, consider visiting your primary care physician to evaluate your Vitamin D levels. Make sure you request that he/she tests for 25-hydroxyvitamin D. This is a more accurate marker for true blood serum values. Optimal ranges are 50-65ng/ml! Once it has been determined that their is a deficiency your doctor will provide you with either a prescription Vitamin D supplement or recommend an over the counter supplement. If it is determined that you find yourself deficient it is important to follow your doctor's advice especially if you have any type of kidney failure, kidney stones, hyperparathyroidism or sarcoidosis.