Avoid vitamin D ‘mega-doses’ for patients with CKD, kidney transplant

Patients with chronic kidney disease and those who have had a kidney transplant should avoid high doses of vitamin D, according to an evidence-based consensus document.
“Vitamin D deficiency is common in patients with CKD and associates with poor outcomes,” Hanne Skou Jørgensen, MD, PhD, associate professor in the department of clinical medicine at Aarhus University in Denmark, wrote with colleagues. “Even so, the evaluation and management of vitamin D deficiency in patients with CKD remains controversial.”
Supplementation with active vitamin D compounds may not

Patients with chronic kidney disease and those who have had a kidney transplant should avoid high doses of vitamin D, according to an evidence-based consensus document.
“Vitamin D deficiency is common in patients with CKD and associates with poor outcomes,” Hanne Skou Jørgensen, MD, PhD, associate professor in the department of clinical medicine at Aarhus University in Denmark, wrote with colleagues. “Even so, the evaluation and management of vitamin D deficiency in patients with CKD remains controversial.”
Supplementation with active vitamin D compounds may not