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Can adverse effects of excessive vitamin D supplementation occur without developing hypervitaminosis D?

The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology
June 1, 2018
Mohammed S Razzaque
Journal ArticleReviewHuman Study
Study Details

Study Goal

The researchers aimed to investigate the potential risks of prolonged and disproportionate vitamin D supplementation, particularly its effects on calcium and phosphorus dysregulation.

Results Summary

The study found that prolonged vitamin D supplementation may induce hypercalcemia, hypercalciuria, and hyperphosphatemia, which are early signs of vitamin D intoxication, potentially leading to tissue and organ damage even without hypervitaminosis D.

Population

Not specified (general discussion on vitamin D supplementation effects).

Effective Dosage

Not specified (discusses "prolonged and disproportionate consumption").

Duration

Not specified (mentions "prolonged consumption").

Interactions

None mentioned

Extracted Claims (6)
InterventionDirectionEndpointPopulationDosageImpactClaim #
prolonged and disproportionate consumption of vitamin D supplements
increase
vitamin D intoxication
-
-
may lead to
#1
prolonged consumption of vitamin D supplementation
increase
hypercalcemia
-
-
may induce
#2
prolonged consumption of vitamin D supplementation
increase
hypercalciuria
-
-
may induce
#3
prolonged consumption of vitamin D supplementation
increase
hyperphosphatemia
-
-
may induce
#4
calcium and phosphorus dysregulation, induced by exogenous vitamin D supplementation
increase
tissue and organ damages
-
-
may lead to
#5
vitamin D supplementation
increase
serum vitamin D levels
-
to the toxic range
rarely raises
#6
Abstract

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble hormone that has endocrine, paracrine and autocrine functions. Consumption of vitamin D-supplemented food & drugs have increased significantly in the last couple of decades due to campaign and awareness programs. Despite such wide use of artificial vitamin D supplements, serum level of 25 hydroxyvitamin D does not always reflect the amount of uptake. In contrast to the safe sunlight exposure, prolonged and disproportionate consumption of vitamin D supplements may lead to vitamin D intoxication, even without developing hypervitaminosis D. One of the reasons why vitamin D supplementation is believed to be safe is, it rarely raises serum vitamin D levels to the toxic range even after repeated intravenous ingestion of extremely high doses of synthetic vitamin D analogs. However, prolonged consumption of vitamin D supplementation may induce hypercalcemia, hypercalciuria and hyperphosphatemia, which are considered to be the initial signs of vitamin D intoxication. It is likely that calcium and phosphorus dysregulation, induced by exogenous vitamin D supplementation, may lead to tissue and organ damages, even without developing hypervitaminosis D. It is needed to be emphasized that, because of tight homeostatic control of calcium and phosphorus, when hypercalcemia and/or hyperphosphatemia is apparent following vitamin D supplementation, the process of tissue and/or organ damage might already have been started.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Dietary SupplementsHumansHypercalcemiaHypercalciuriaHyperphosphatemiaNutrition DisordersVitamin DVitamins
Study Links
Quality Scores
Safety30
Quality75/10
Citation Metrics
Total Citations45
Citations/Year6.4
Relative Citation Ratio2.79
NIH Percentile83.4%
Research Impact Scores
APT Score0.75
Weight Score2.17
Normalized Score0.47
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