Intramuscular Injection of Vitamin D may Relieve DPN
In patients with painful diabetic neuropathy, a single high-dose intramuscular injection of vitamin D appears to confer a significant reduction in symptoms, according to study data. Rayaz A. Malik, MBChB, PhD, professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar, and colleagues evaluated 143 adults (mean age, 52 years) with type 1 or type 2 diabetes to determine the effect of a high-dose intramuscular injection of vitamin D (600,000 IU) on painful diabetic neuropathy. Participants were evaluated at baseline and on four subsequent visits every 5 weeks, with follow-up visits taking place at 4 to 6 weeks (visit 2), 8…