ROCHESTER, Minn. (UPI) -- U.S. researchers found a correlation between inadequate vitamin D levels and the amount of narcotic medication taken by patients who have chronic pain.
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., found chronic pain patients who required narcotic pain medication, and who also had inadequate levels of vitamin D, were taking much higher doses of pain medication -- nearly twice as much -- as those who had adequate levels.
The study, published in the journal Pain Medicine, also found the patients with the lower levels of vitamin D self-reported worse physical functioning and worse overall health perception.
"This is an important finding as we continue to investigate the causes of chronic pain," lead author Dr. Michael Turner said in a statement. "Vitamin D is known to promote both bone and muscle strength. Conversely, deficiency is an under-recognized source of diffuse pain and impaired neuromuscular functioning.
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Families including children and elders are starving because you've been watching cartoons! Pain and grief is not yours. Now, you feel it, touch it, feel it!
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I have some Vit D , I think I'll start taking it.
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I'm not at all surprised at this finding. People were never meant to live their lives cooped up indoors all the time.
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It's always something. I have FMS and take the heat so it's hard to go outside for the viatamin D on hot days. I take a Centrum.
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