Vitamin D intoxication induced severe hypercalcemia from self-medication for COVID-19 infection: a public health problem?

Minerva Endocrinol (Torino). 2022 Sep;47(3):371-374. doi: 10.23736/S2724-6507.22.03795-2. Epub 2022 Jul 1.

Authors

Stefano Pini¹, Giuseppe Scaparrotta¹, Valentina DI Vico¹, Antonio Fragasso¹, Lucia F Stefanelli¹, Federico Nalesso¹, Lorenzo A Calò²

Affiliations

¹ Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy.
² Unit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy - renzcalo@unipd.it.

PMID: 35775886
DOI: 10.23736/S2724-6507.22.03795-2

No abstract available

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions*
Humans
Hypercalcemia* / chemically induced
Public Health
Vitamin D / adverse effects

Substances

Vitamin D