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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Matthew Dalby‏ @MatthewJDalby 6 Dec 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      The brute force approach.

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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 6 Dec 2020
      Replying to @MatthewJDalby

      Brute force?

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    3. Matthew Dalby‏ @MatthewJDalby 6 Dec 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      200,000 iu of Vitamin D in one go.

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    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 6 Dec 2020
      Replying to @MatthewJDalby

      Hm good point

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    5. Matthew Dalby‏ @MatthewJDalby 6 Dec 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      Probably the fastest way to get levels up rapidly. Hard to be deficient after that.

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 6 Dec 2020
      Replying to @MatthewJDalby

      And to be fair, other vit D/COVID-19 trials have had similar dosing schedules paced out over 1 week. Would it make such a huge difference clinically to give as a single larger dose?

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    7. Matthew Dalby‏ @MatthewJDalby 6 Dec 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      Probably not. More convenient with sick patients too. They probably have enough else to deal with each day.

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    8. T‏ @TerriFalbo 6 Dec 2020
      Replying to @MatthewJDalby @GidMK

      I’ve read receptors shut down when given masssive doses of cholecalciferol — so it has opposite effect. The large study should have replicated the same doses of active form - calcifediol - of the successful Spanish trial. Almost Like they wanted it to fail :(

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    9. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 6 Dec 2020
      Replying to @TerriFalbo @MatthewJDalby

      That just makes absolutely no sense at all. The Spanish trial completed on July 28th, while the Brazilian study started June 2nd. You're arguing that since they didn't invent time travel they didn't want to do good research

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    10. T‏ @TerriFalbo 6 Dec 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @MatthewJDalby

      Ok. Sorry. My bad. I didn’t check the dates. So- what we really need is a LARGE trial based on the dosages & form (calcifediol) used in Spanish study that had excellent results- or just start asking for it for loved ones!

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 6 Dec 2020
      Replying to @TerriFalbo @MatthewJDalby

      They have finished recruiting their 1,000 person sample, so presumably they'll publish the results at some point. The 76 person publication was actually just their pilot data, despite the weird hype about it

      2:33 PM - 6 Dec 2020
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        1. T‏ @TerriFalbo 6 Dec 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @MatthewJDalby

          Oh okay. That’s good! I didn’t realize they were doing a 1,000 person study. I figured the hype about the pilot study was to try to get funding for a larger study & didn’t know they already had it. Thanks!

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