Urban Myth: Sarcoidosis patients should avoid Vitamin D ?

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As a result of a post on another list, I suddenly realized that this

may be equivalent to a 19th century parent of a child with Asthma

avoiding having a fire in the fireplace because someone has asthma --

instead, you have a damp cold house, encouraging mold instead. You

think that you are doing the right thing -- but the kid does not

better, but worst. A simplistic-mechanical reasoning not looking at

the entire picture.

I checked my favorite " state of medicine " site, www.emedicine.com and

found that NONE of the following cites Vitamin D avoidance as part of

any theraphy: EVERY ARTICLE HAS A SPECIFIC TREATMENT SECTION..

http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic381.htm

http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3099.htm

http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic618.htm

http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2043.htm

http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2063.htm

http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic516.htm

http://www.emedicine.com/oph/topic451.htm

http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/topic649.htm

And Sharma's article at

http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/reprint/109/2/535

does NOT list 25D (common Vitamin D) as a drug to be avoided.

The artices do cite avoiding sunlight because it directly produces

1,25D, but there is no recommendations by any of these dozens of MD

experts on Sarcoidosis that Vitamin D supplements should be avoided.