<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post8623195487930049443..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T20:37:26.977-05:00</updated><category term='neuropathy'/><category term='guidelines'/><category term='overdose'/><category term='naloxone'/><category term='foot pain'/><category term='NSAID'/><category term='EBPM'/><category term='death'/><category term='IBS'/><category term='side effects'/><category term='analgesic'/><category term='medication guide'/><category term='elderly'/><category term='FDA'/><category term='abdominal pain'/><category term='GI pain'/><category term='Tai Chi'/><category term='acute pain'/><category term='ergonomics'/><category term='magnetic therapies'/><category term='naltrexone'/><category term='somatization'/><category term='acetaminophen'/><category term='UDT-Urine Drug Testing'/><category term='arthritis'/><category term='knee pain'/><category term='cardiac'/><category term='morphine'/><category term='methadone'/><category term='DMARD'/><category term='exercise'/><category term='Making Sense of Pain Research'/><category term='antidepressant'/><category term='drug interactions'/><category term='migraine'/><category term='Anouncements-Warnings'/><category term='propoxyphene'/><category term='coping skills'/><category term='oxycodone'/><category term='abuse-addiction'/><category term='legal issues'/><category term='depression'/><category term='cancer pain'/><category term='black box warning'/><category term='shockwave therapy'/><category term='REMS'/><category term='interventional procedures'/><category term='complementary-alternative med'/><category term='marijuana'/><category term='suicide'/><category term='Editor&apos;s Notebook'/><category term='chronic pain'/><category term='vitamin D'/><category term='headache'/><category term='conferences'/><category term='homeopathy'/><category term='neck pain'/><category term='opioid rotation'/><category term='Tension Myositis Syndrome'/><category term='repetitive strain'/><category term='TENS'/><category term='surgery'/><category term='vertebroplasty'/><category term='hypnosis'/><category term='meditation'/><category term='yoga'/><category term='feedback'/><category term='dietary supplements'/><category term='fibromyalgia'/><category term='CRPS/RSD'/><category term='treatment agreements'/><category term='RF therapy'/><category term='Alcohol'/><category term='birth defects'/><category term='pain-and-the-brain'/><category term='massage'/><category term='pediatrics'/><category term='placebo'/><category term='obesity'/><category term='Guest Author'/><category term='shoulder pain'/><category term='laser therapy'/><category term='hyperalgesia'/><category term='_IMPORTANT INFORMATION: About These UPDATES'/><category term='fentanyl'/><category term='women-men'/><category term='liver failure'/><category term='shingles-PHN'/><category term='relaxation'/><category term='opioids'/><category term='PENS'/><category term='anticonvulsant'/><category term='buprenorphine'/><category term='language matters'/><category term='acupuncture'/><category term='back pain'/><category term='hand pain'/><category term='education/CME'/><title type='text'>Comments on Pain-Topics.org News/Research UPDATES: Vitamin D for Pain: Update of Research Evidence</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/feeds/8623195487930049443/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/8623195487930049443/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/2010/01/vitamin-d-for-pain-update-of-research.html'/><author><name>SB. Leavitt, MA, PhD</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11568656049984688554</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c6OGZNS3CPQ/TE8748KQ2SI/AAAAAAAAALQ/xdXgW_bHceg/S220/SBLeavitt-sml.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post-4807667660810782891</id><published>2011-06-02T11:02:58.887-05:00</published><updated>2011-06-02T11:02:58.887-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Why has no one done randomized clinical trials to ...</title><summary type='text'>Why has no one done randomized clinical trials to conclusively demonstrate the therapeutic benefit of vitamin D on the management of chronic pain?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/8623195487930049443/comments/default/4807667660810782891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/8623195487930049443/comments/default/4807667660810782891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/2010/01/vitamin-d-for-pain-update-of-research.html?showComment=1307030578887#c4807667660810782891' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/2010/01/vitamin-d-for-pain-update-of-research.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post-8623195487930049443' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/posts/default/8623195487930049443' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-934206591'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post-1731395642086545496</id><published>2010-05-13T03:54:23.308-05:00</published><updated>2010-05-13T03:54:23.308-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Today , I  have get &amp;quot; vitamin D&amp;quot;.

thank...</title><summary type='text'>Today , I  have get &amp;quot; vitamin D&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;thank you so much for nice post.&lt;br /&gt;ps .my en not good.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/8623195487930049443/comments/default/1731395642086545496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/8623195487930049443/comments/default/1731395642086545496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/2010/01/vitamin-d-for-pain-update-of-research.html?showComment=1273740863308#c1731395642086545496' title=''/><author><name>vitamin for men</name><uri>http://www.bestmultivitaminformen.net</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/2010/01/vitamin-d-for-pain-update-of-research.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post-8623195487930049443' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/posts/default/8623195487930049443' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1776990838'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post-6014998062344514906</id><published>2010-03-30T17:43:22.071-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-30T17:43:22.071-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you, Dr. Montbriand.
That earlier, impressiv...</title><summary type='text'>Thank you, Dr. Montbriand.&lt;br /&gt;That earlier, impressive study from Saudi Arabia, along with others, is described in our full research paper on vitamin D for pain.&lt;br /&gt;See this at: http://pain-topics.org/vitamind</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/8623195487930049443/comments/default/6014998062344514906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/8623195487930049443/comments/default/6014998062344514906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/2010/01/vitamin-d-for-pain-update-of-research.html?showComment=1269989002071#c6014998062344514906' title=''/><author><name>SB. Leavitt, MA, PhD</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11568656049984688554</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/2010/01/vitamin-d-for-pain-update-of-research.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post-8623195487930049443' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/posts/default/8623195487930049443' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-811281944'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post-943221015374278017</id><published>2010-03-30T16:31:30.960-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-30T16:31:30.960-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I thought this was an excellent review. There was ...</title><summary type='text'>I thought this was an excellent review. There was another interesting back article:&lt;br /&gt;Spine  2003 Jan 15;28(2):177-9.&lt;br /&gt;Vitamin D deficiency and chronic low back pain in Saudi Arabia.Al Faraj S, Al Mutairi K.&lt;br /&gt; - back pain group - MRI disc cases eliminated so was run of mill low back pain&lt;br /&gt; - all had normal alk phos and Calcium&lt;br /&gt; - large group were Vitamin D Deficient&lt;br /&gt; - </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/8623195487930049443/comments/default/943221015374278017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/8623195487930049443/comments/default/943221015374278017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/2010/01/vitamin-d-for-pain-update-of-research.html?showComment=1269984690960#c943221015374278017' title=''/><author><name>mike montbriand</name><uri>http://painmuse.org</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/2010/01/vitamin-d-for-pain-update-of-research.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post-8623195487930049443' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/posts/default/8623195487930049443' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1426706266'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post-5205115896771857002</id><published>2010-02-15T12:44:40.193-06:00</published><updated>2010-02-15T12:44:40.193-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Actually, there are a number of drugs and other fa...</title><summary type='text'>Actually, there are a number of drugs and other factors that may affect vitamin D absorption and its effects. These are itemized in our Full Report (p. 25) that can be accessed &lt;a href="http://pain-topics.org/pdf/vitamind-report.pdf" rel="nofollow"&gt;[here – PDF document]&lt;/a&gt;. -- SBL.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/8623195487930049443/comments/default/5205115896771857002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/8623195487930049443/comments/default/5205115896771857002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/2010/01/vitamin-d-for-pain-update-of-research.html?showComment=1266259480193#c5205115896771857002' title=''/><author><name>SB. Leavitt, MA, PhD</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11568656049984688554</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/2010/01/vitamin-d-for-pain-update-of-research.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post-8623195487930049443' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/posts/default/8623195487930049443' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-811281944'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post-4093597153183233771</id><published>2010-02-15T11:15:16.824-06:00</published><updated>2010-02-15T11:15:16.824-06:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;m sure the benefits of vitamin D are outstan...</title><summary type='text'>I&amp;#39;m sure the benefits of vitamin D are outstanding but before doctors jump on that bandwagon, they have to look at other possible causes of low vit D - especially if a patient has high calcium! What if a patient is not metabolizing fat soluable vitamins? There could be an underlying disease. My D levels were coming in around 27 and doctors kept pushing D supplementation. I told them that it </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/8623195487930049443/comments/default/4093597153183233771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/8623195487930049443/comments/default/4093597153183233771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/2010/01/vitamin-d-for-pain-update-of-research.html?showComment=1266254116824#c4093597153183233771' title=''/><author><name>Pat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472975863825391073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://updates.pain-topics.org/2010/01/vitamin-d-for-pain-update-of-research.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7579373589295053000.post-8623195487930049443' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7579373589295053000/posts/default/8623195487930049443' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-217631609'/></entry></feed>
