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How do you approach Vitamin D testing and supplementation in older adults following a fragility fracture?

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Geriatric Medicine · Stanford
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Current evidence does not consistently support the use of vitamin D supplementation to prevent falls or fractures among community-dwelling older adults (1–3). However, several studies have reported that individuals who experience osteoporotic or fragility fractures are frequently found to be vitamin D deficient (4). Therefore, for older adults who have already sustained a fragility fracture, vitamin D3 supplementation may be beneficial as part of post-fracture recovery and bone health support (5...

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