A new Cochrane Review has been able to demonstrate that asthmatics given vitamin D had fewer severe asthma attacks that needed treatment with anti-inflammatory tablets, namely oral corticosteroids.
The review also showed vitamin D reduced the likelihood of attending hospital for an acute asthma attack from 6% of patients to around 3%, but had little or no effect on day-to-day asthma symptoms or breathing tests.
No serious side-effects of vitamin D occurred at the doses tested and the evidence reviewed was graded as of high quality - CLICK HERE.
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