Vitamin D: Harmless Nutritional Supplement or Serious Medication?
Excessive vitamin D supplementation may result in significant clinical complications. This case of a 77-year-old male demonstrates how unsupervised high doses led to severe hypercalcemia, acute kidney injury, and gastrointestinal bleeding. It underscores the importance of precise dosing, regular monitoring, and medical supervision of vitamin D supplementation.
Authors
- Peter Hoffmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5940-9132)
- Gerhard Weidinger
- Lukas Antonitsch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7590-2995)
- Robert Westhofen
- Alexander Daxecker
Institutions
- Danube Private University (AT)
- Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Case Reports
- Published
- 2025-03-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.70345
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Vitamin D Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.47