Nutritional vitamin D supplements do not help treat anemia in dialysis patients

Date: December 18, 2015

Source: American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

Summary:

Vitamin D2 supplements taken for 6 months did not reduce dialysis patients’ need for anemia drugs that stimulate red blood cell production, report investigators at conclusion of the largest randomized clinical trial to date on the effects of nutritional vitamin D in dialysis patients.

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