jdum
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6 posts since April 26th, 2009
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6 posts since April 26th, 2009
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Divide nmol/l with 2.5 to get ng/ml.
If patients had vitamin D levels of 50-80 nmol/l, they were only 33% as likely to die from cancer as patients with less than 50 nmol/l. With levels greater than 80 nmol/l, patients were only 16% as likely to die as patients with less than 50 nmol/l.
I'd also look into vitamin D deficiency as a possible cause of pain. At least many people with idiopathic back pain or other nonspecific musculoskeletal pain have had pain relief from vitamin D. Vitamin D is very important for neuromuscular development and function. I've understood that also magnesium is important.
Sorry for answering very late, but this is important information nonetheless for anyone with prostate cancer (or pretty much any other cancer). If your friend isn't taking vitamin D, I think he should. If he's taking the RDA of vitamin D, he gets too little. The RDA is too low based on current research and leaves people at risk of many chronic illn... more
Vitamin D deficiency is very common, I suggest you read up on it if you haven't already. Vitamin D is essential for musculoskeletal growth and function and having too little of it may cause or worsen pain.
A good source of information on vitamin D is http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/
A good source of information on vitamin D is http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/
Make sure that your vitamin D levels are high enough. This is because low vitamin D status might increase the amount of pain one experiences. It also causes many chronic illnesses. Getting enough vitamin D is probably unlikely to be a total cure for people like you, but it might help in relieving some of the pain.
The importance of vitamin D isn't nearly as well known as it should be among back pain sufferers. Most people have too little vitamin D in their blood, which causes pain and chronic illness.
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