RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Vitamin D supplementation
JF Practical Neurology
JO Pract Neurol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP practneurol-2017-001720
DO 10.1136/practneurol-2017-001720
A1 Ruth Dobson
A1 Hannah R Cock
A1 Peter Brex
A1 Gavin Giovannoni
YR 2017
UL http://pn.bmj.com/content/early/2017/09/24/practneurol-2017-001720.abstract
AB Vitamin D testing and supplementation is of great interest to neurologists and their patients. Recommended nutritional intakes of vitamin D in the UK remain focused on bone health, despite increasing evidence for a role outside this area. Here we discuss how neurologists might approach vitamin D testing and supplementation, focusing on two conditions associated with vitamin D deficiency that have an increased risk of downstream complications resulting from these: multiple sclerosis and epilepsy. We set out a rationale for testing serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and discuss our personal practice in terms of supplementation, with evidence where available.