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Research note: Dozens of studies have found that calcium supplements with or without vitamin D improve bone health in both men and women. Whether calcium plus vitamin D can prevent fractures has been more controversial, with competing studies on both sides.
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Matoid arthritis (RA) (25 with anaemia) were studied to establish the role of iron, vitamin B12, and folic acid deficiency, erythropoietin responsiveness, and iron absorption in the diagnosis and pathogenesis of anaemia in RA.
Only 8/25 (32%) had just one type of anaemia. The iron deficiency of anaemia of chronic disease (ACD) was distinguished by ferritin concentration, which was higher in that group. Mean cell volume (MCV) and mean cell haemoglobin (MCH) were lower in both anaemic groups, but most pronounced in iron deficient patients.
Folic acid, and especially vitamin B12 deficiency, masked iron deficiency by increasing the MCV and MCH. Haemoglobin concentration was negatively correlated with erythrocyte sedimentation rate in the group with ACD. Erythropoietin response was lower in ACD than in iron deficient patients.
It was concluded that generally more than one type of anaemia is present simultaneously in anaemic patients with RA. The diagnosis of each type may be masked by another.
What Is It?
Omplex is a type of non-antioxidant vitamin.
We don’t fully understand how this type of vitamin may treat arthritis-related conditions, but evidence from trials suggests that vitamins B3, B9 and B12 might be of some benefit for treating osteoarthritis, particularly in improving joint mobility and hand grip. Vitamin B6 may reduce levels of markers of inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis, but there’s no evidence from trials that it improve clinical measures. Except for vitamin B12, which can be stored in your liver for up to four years, your body stores all water-soluble vitamins for only a brief period of several weeks to several months and then gets rid of them through the urine.