In a two year randomized trial, patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis who received vitamin D supplementation did not have a significant difference in knee pain or cartilage volume loss compared to patients who received placebo, according to a study appearing in the Jan. 9 issue of JAMA.
Vitamin D shows no major effect on pain or slowing progression of knee osteoarthritis
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