Abbreviations:
pain
CHRONIC PAIN
Vitamin D plays a vital role in calcium homeostasis and skeletal development. Observational studies suggest that vitamin D is associated with many other health conditions, and that it might also influence painVitamin D may affect chronic pain through anatomic, hormonal, neurological and immunological pathwaysGiven the inconsistent results from RCT, and the paucity of studies in the general population, we studied pain in a large, population-based RCT, the D-Health Trial. We aimed to assess the effect of monthly supplementation with 60 000 IU of vitamin D