Vitamin D Supplementation May Be Beneficial for Long COVID

Summary: Doctors recently did a study to see if taking a lot of Vitamin D3—often called the "sunshine vitamin"—could help people who just caught COVID-19. They gave patients a big starting dose of 9,600 IU for two days, followed by a daily dose of 3,200 IU for four weeks.

The results? The extra Vitamin D didn't stop people from feeling sick or needing to go to the doctor during the first four weeks of the illness. However, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital found a bright spot: the people who took the vitamin had a lower chance of developing "long COVID" eight weeks later. While it isn't a magic cure for the immediate sickness, it shows a lot of promise for protecting people from long-term symptoms, and doctors say it needs more research.

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