This was of interest as I had to recently take a TB test before starting the Humira.
It really is being shown more each day how valuable this vitamin is in maintaining good health and reversing disease processes that are already affecting us
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19463105
OrThe idea of using vitamin D to treat tuberculosis (TB) harks back to some of the earliest treatments for the lung infection. Before antibiotics were discovered, TB patients were prescribed "forced sunbathing", known as heliotherapy, which increased vitamin D production. However, the treatment disappeared when antibiotics proved successful at treating the disease.
This study on 95 patients, conducted at hospitals across London, combined antibiotics with vitamin D pills. It showed that recovery was almost two weeks faster when vitamin D was added. Patients who stuck to the regimen cleared the infection in 23 days on average, while it took patients 36 days if they were given antibiotics and a dummy sugar pill.
The researchers said adding vitamin D to treatments may be even more valuable for patients when the drugs do not work as well.
Vitamin D accelerates resolution of inflammatory responses during tuberculosis treatment
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/08/27/1200072109
.We demonstrate a previously unappreciated role for vitamin D supplementation in accelerating resolution of inflammatory responses during tuberculosis treatment. Our findings suggest a potential role for adjunctive vitamin D supplementation in the treatment of pulmonary infections to accelerate resolution of inflammatory responses associated with increased risk of mortality