Pregnant women in HIV therapy adding Vitamin D had 3X fewer deaths - RCT April 2022
HIV treatment augmented by high-dose vitamin D, daily or weekly – Dec 2021
Low vitamin D with HIV increases risk of infections – TB by 3.5X, CMV by 10.1X – Aug 2020
HIV therapy reduces Vitamin D levels, supplementation helps - Nov 2019
Cognitive problems 2X more likely if HIV and low vitamin D – June 2019
Use of Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (Hepatitis-B, AIDS) requires more vitamin D – Sept 2018
Vertebral fractures 9X more likely in HIV patients having low vitamin D – Dec 2017
HIV patients helped by monthly 120,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT Oct 2017
Those with HIV who doubled their vitamin D levels reduced their chance of death by 47 percent – Oct 2013
A gut-friendly form of vitamin D should be used for those with HIV and gut problems
Alternately, just use 2X to 3X more vitamin D than for a person who has a good gut
3X more African girls and women have HIV than African males Washington Post Dec 2023
Note: Many women have lower vitamin D levels than men due to hormones and not being outdoors as much
In addition, dark-skinned women often avoid the sun due to a desire to have a lighter skin shade
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- HIV treatment augmented by high-dose vitamin D, daily or weekly – Dec 2021
- HIV therapy reduces Vitamin D levels, supplementation helps - Nov 2019
- HIV patients helped by monthly 120,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT Oct 2017
- Vitamin D levels of HIV and non HIV equally restored with 50,000 IU twice a week - July 2015
- HIV – recommend 100,000 IU vitamin D monthly to get levels 30 ng – May 2013
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- HIV not helped by 2,000 IU of Vitamin D (no surprise) – RCT April 2022
- Pregnant women in HIV therapy adding Vitamin D had 3X fewer deaths - RCT April 2022
- Osteoporosis risk due to HIV gut and HIV drugs (gut-friendly Vit D can help)- Jan 2022
- HIV treatment augmented by high-dose vitamin D, daily or weekly – Dec 2021
- HIV, TB, Malaria more important than COVID to lower Africa - Dec 2021
- HIV vaccine effectivity perhaps increased and side effects reduced if higher Vitamin D - Dec 2021
- After HIV infection, Vitamin D levels drop for years (not a surprise)– Oct 2021
- Low vitamin D increases the risk of hepatitis, influenza, Covid-19, AIDS and other viral diseases – Sept 2020
- Low vitamin D with HIV increases risk of infections – TB by 3.5X, CMV by 10.1X – Aug 2020
- HIV therapy reduces Vitamin D levels, supplementation helps - Nov 2019
- Cognitive problems 2X more likely if HIV and low vitamin D – June 2019
- Off topic: HIV drug developed and patented by US govt costs 1780 dollars but only 8 in Australia - May 2019
- Use of Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (Hepatitis-B, AIDS) requires more vitamin D – Sept 2018
- Immunity increased by Vitamin D via cells and genes (HIV etc.) – March 2018
- Vertebral fractures 9X more likely in HIV patients having low vitamin D – Dec 2017
- HIV patients helped by monthly 120,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT Oct 2017
- 8 times less bacteria in blood of HIV patients if Vitamin D levels greater than 30 ng – April 2016
- 8 times less bacteria in blood of HIV patients if Vitamin D levels greater than 30 ng – April 2016
- Animal study: vitamin D as an adjunct therapy for the treatment of Pneumocystis pneumonia - Jan 2015
- Cats with feline HIV and hospitalized cats have low levels of vitamin D – Nov 2015
- Children in Uganda have low vitamin D, and lower still if severe malaria - Dec 2014
- 200,000 IU restored levels in HIV children having low vitamin D - Nov 2014
- Vitamin D levels of HIV and non HIV equally restored with 50,000 IU twice a week - July 2015
- Treatment of HIV in youths helped by 7,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT July 2014
- TB lowers vitamin D, then HIV lowers it even more - 2014
- Infant HIV, Malaria, and high vitamin D – Jan 2015
- HIV – lower vitamin D if Black, higher if PI monotherapy – Oct 2013
- HIV children in UK – Vitamin D recommendations – Feb 2014
- 7000 IU of vitamin D restored most HIV youths to above 32 ng - RCT March 2014
- Those with HIV who doubled their vitamin D levels reduced their chance of death by 47 percent – Oct 2013
- HIV – recommend 100,000 IU vitamin D monthly to get levels 30 ng – May 2013
- Coronary artery calcification associated with low vitamin D
- HIV increases Calcium in soft tissues and reduces Calcium in bones – Aug 2013
- HIV interactions with low Vitamin D - May 2013
- HIV inflammation markers associated with vitamin D less than 10 ng – Jan 2013
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- HIV associated with low vitamin D and high C-reactive protein – Sept 2012
- HIV patients having EFC therapy were 3X more likely to have low vitamin D levels – Sept 2012
- 1700 IU daily average restored HIV vitamin D levels (50000 monthly) – Aug 2012
- HIV leads to low vitamin D which leads to osteoporosis – a growing problem May 2012
- Blacks with HIV were 3.5X more likely to be vitamin D deficient than whites – May 2012
- Vitamin D deficiency in HIV-infected and un-infected women in the US – April 2011
- Overview HIV and vitamin D
- HIV patients had bone loss and less than 20 ng of vitamin D – Sept 2010
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