Vitamin D supplementation a ‘safe, cost-effective’ adjunct in IBD management (Healio)

Jennifer Byrne reports — with fact-checking by Heather Biele — that a study led by Jared A. Sninsky, MD, MSCR found vitamin D to be a safe, low-cost adjunct in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) management. Drawing on data from over 5,000 veterans with ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, or indeterminate colitis, the team observed significant reductions in IBD-related emergency visits, hospitalizations, and corticosteroid prescriptions among patients who received vitamin D supplements after testing.