Medicare pays $1 B to $18 B for these drugs (Vitamin D helps fight most of the health problems)

Chart from VisualCapitalist

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Related in VitaminDWiki ( a few of the many references)

• Vitamin D deficiency associated with increased risk of many health problems in 58,000,000 Americans
• A drug that could reduce all these health problems is worth a Trillion dollars - video Holick
• Prevent a COVID death: 9 dollars of Vitamin D or 900,000 dollars of vaccine

Diabetes

• Diabetes and Vitamin D meta-analyses - many studies
• Diabetics helped by vitamin D in 5 ways – meta-analysis

Weight Loss

• Weight loss and Vitamin D - many studies

Blood clots (Thrombosis)

• Blood clotting (Thrombosis) and low Vitamin D - many studies

Breast Cancer

• Breast Cancer fought by Vitamin D in 8 ways - Dec 2025

HIV

• HIV treatment augmented by high-dose vitamin D, daily or weekly
• HIV therapy reduces Vitamin D levels, supplementation helps