Can Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation Reduce BPPV Recurrence?

Vitamin D and calcium supplementation should be considered in patients with recurrent benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, particularly in those with low serum vitamin D levels.

Although benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) can be diagnosed easily and treated by the astute clinician, recurrences are common and often quite disruptive. Attacks of BPPV can result in missed work and significant disruption of daily activities in those afflicted. Vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency has gained attention in recent years as a possible contributing factor to BPPV because prevalence is higher in BPPV patients than in controls. However, previous reports lacked prospective controlled methodology. The authors of this study conducted a multicenter, pragmatic, randomized, controlled trial, using the annual recurrence rate (ARR) of BPPV as the primary outcome.

Patients with confirmed BPPV were randomly assigned to observati…

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Dan Gold, DO

Can Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation Reduce BPPV Recurrence?

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