Open AccessVITAMIN D INTOXICATION IN A PATIENT WITH RELAPSING-REMITTING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS – CASE REPORT
Author(s) -
Ioana Cociasu,
Irene Davidescu,
Ioan Buraga,
Bogdan Ovidiu Popescu,
Bucharest Pharmacy
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
romanian journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2069-6094
pISSN - 1843-8148
DOI - 10.37897/rjn.2015.3.10
Subject(s) - multiple sclerosis , relapsing remitting , vitamin d and neurology , medicine , vitamin , sun exposure , pediatrics , dermatology , immunology
Lately, vitamin D has been a hot topic among multiple sclerosis specialists. Vitamin D supplementation is being thoroughly researched in order to establish whether or not it is useful in the treatment of multiple sclerosis. We present the case of a patient with multiple sclerosis, who, after searching online, decided to administer vitamin D supplements in high doses; subsequently he was admitted to our for clinic symptoms consistent with vitamin D intoxication.