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Italian researchers published a study in which women taking high doses of vitamin D five days before their next expected period did not have to use pain medication. "Of 20 women taking the 300,000-IU dose of vitamin D, 15 reported pain scores at least two points lower than their average over a four-cycle baseline period, on a standard 10-point visual analog scale," MedPageToday reported. "Additionally, no patients in the vitamin D group reported using NSAID painkillers during the trial's treatment phase,
whereas eight women in the placebo group took the medications at least once." *While doctors do not recommend a single 300,000 IU dosage, they have calculated that this is equivalent to a less problematic 5,000 IU/day based on how the supplement was given in the trial.
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