Vitamin D supplement in combination – who really benefits?
Despite Australia’s sunny climate, elderly people who are housebound, people who live in residential facilities, or who spend most of their time indoors have a high risk of vitamin D deficiency, which works with calcium to ensure healthy bones.
Dr Peter Roush, of the National Prescribing Service (NPS), spoke about vitamin D deficiency as the NPS RADAR released an article recently on a medicine for osteoporosis (alendronate), which is now also available in a combined tablet that includes vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol).