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Does Regular Vitamin D Work As Well As Dovonex?

asked 3 years ago by anon
Latest answer by Arnold R. Oppenheim, MD
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Does regular vitamin D work as well as the active ingredients in Dovonex? I have psoriasis and use it for that, and I was just curious about what effect the vitamin has.

1 answer to Does Regular Vitamin D Work As Well As Dovonex?

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For Vitamin D to help psoriasis it has to be given in such high doses that toxicity ensues. Thus, calcipitriol was developed as a cream, ointment and solutiion. Like Vitamin D, this Vitamin D 3 analgue it helps cells slow down and mature and this is one of the positive effects in psoriasis. Many of us dermatologists were surprised when Dovonex ointment was taken off the market. It seemed to us that it was much more effective than the cream form. Recently, Galderma introduced... more
Arnold R. Oppenheim, MD

Virginia Beach Dermatologist

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