Vitamin D Inadequacy May Play Role in Chronic Pain

SAN FRANCISCO — In what may be the first study of the prevalence of vitamin D inadequacy in patients seeking treatment for chronic pain, those who were on opioids used significantly higher doses and had been taking opioids significantly longer if they had vitamin D inadequacy than if they had adequate vitamin D levels, Dr. W. Michael Hooten reported at the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.