Early Research Into The Role Of Vitamin D Suggests It May Ease Symptoms Of MS

Main Category: Multiple Sclerosis
Also Included In: Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine
Article Date: 19 Nov 2009 - 2:00 PDT


Australian researchers have presented findings at a national scientific conference for medical research in Hobart, Australia that suggests vitamin D may play a role in preventing relapses in people with multiple sclerosis (MS).

The research, which is yet to be published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, may form the basis of a larger clinical trial that would take several years to complete.

Vitamin D has previously been shown to play a role in preventing MS, but this early work suggests that it may also reduce the number of relapses experienced by people with relapsing remitting MS.

MS Society Research Communications Officer, Dr Susan Kohlhaas, said: "There is a growing body of evidence linking vitamin D to MS and it's interesting that this work looks at the vitamin's potential effect on symptoms.

"These results are very early stage, however, and need to be reviewed and validated by the scientific community before we draw any firm conclusions.

"Future studies of vitamin D in MS are vital."

Source
Multiple Sclerosis Society

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