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PAD Profile : Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency
Keywords :
Colecalciferol, ergocalciferol
Brand Names Include :
Fultium, Dekristol, Desunin, InVita, Plenachol, Aviticol, Stexerol
Traffic Light Status
Status 1 of 2.
Status :
N/A
Formulations :
- Not Specified
Trust Alignment :
Primary Care
ASPH
RSFT
SASH
SABP
Comments :
No comments returned.
Documents :
Status 2 of 2.
Guidelines
The following guidelines are available for this indication.
Other Drugs
Other Indications
- Wet age-related macular degeneration
- Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS)
- Pain
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Osteoarthritis
- Constipation
- Hepatic encephalopathy
- Travellers diarrhoea
- Penile rehabilitation
- Erectile dysfunction
- Cytomegalovirus
- Hyperuricaemia and Gout
- Vitreomacular traction
- Central retinal vein occlusion
- Peripheral arterial disease
- Dysphagia
- Diabetic macular oedema
- Diarrhoea
- Haemorrhoids
- Heart failure
- Oedema
- Lipid modification
- Haemophilia
- Cataracts
- Branch retinal vein occlusion
- Low sexual desire in menopausal women
- Hypertension
- Hypertension
- Hypertension
- Bacterial infection
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Psoriasis
- Atopic dermatitis
- Multiple sclerosis
- Myopic choroidal neovascularisation
- Cystic fibrosis
- Fungal infection
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Cystic fibrosis
- Hepatitis C
- Tuberculosis
- Hepatitis C
- Multiple sclerosis
- Tuberculosis
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis C
- Haemophilia
- Cystic fibrosis
- Hepatitis C
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Hepatitis C
- Inclusion body myositis
- Cytomegalovirus
- Haemophilia
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Hepatitis C
- Haemophilia
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Haemophilia
- Haemophilia
- Haemophilia
- Haemophilia
- Multiple sclerosis
- Hepatitis B
- Haemophilia
- Short bowel syndrome
- Haemophilia
- Any paediatric use
- von Willebrand deficiency
- Haemophilia
- Haemophilia
- Erectile dysfunction combination therapy
- Children and young people with Epilepsy
- Mental Health disorders
- Mental Health disorders
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Acne
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Interface Prescribing Policy (IPP)
- Non-acne dermatological indications
- Anticoagulation reversal
- Restless Leg Syndrome
- von Willebrand deficiency
- Immune thrombocytopenia
- Wet age-related macular degeneration
- Bacterial skin and skin structure infections
- Narcolepsy
- Bacterial lung infection (non-cystic fibrosis)
- Lipid modification
- Menopausal disorders
- All
- Raynaud's Phenomenon
- Atopic dermatitis
- Psoriasis
- Clostridioides difficile
- Covid-19
- Covid-19
- Covid-19
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Growth failure - children
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Diabetic macular oedema
- Wet age-related macular degeneration
- Diabetic macular oedema
- Migraine (prevention)
- Urinary incontinence
- Immune thrombocytopenia
- Glaucoma / ocular hypertension
- Dry eyes
- Cancer
- Diarrhoea
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis
- Photoaggravated dermatoses
- Photodermatoses
- Metabolic disorders
- Insomnia in adults
- Cardiomyopathy
- Epidermolysis bullosa
- Photoaggravated dermatoses
- Psoriasis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Photodermatoses
- Photodermatoses
- Photoaggravated dermatoses
- Catheter maintenance solutions
- Dry eyes
- Dry eyes
- Dry eyes
- Dry eyes
- Dry eyes
- Dysphagia
- Prurigo nodularis
- Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency
- Osteoporosis
- Migraine (prevention)
- Pain
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis
- Pustular psoriasis
- Mucus clearance
- Atopic dermatitis
- Alopecia
- Asthma
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Smoking cessation
- Pain
- Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia
- Asthma
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Metabolic disorders
- Concious sedation
- Premedication
- post Bariatric surgery
- Erectile dysfunction
- Parkinson's disease
- Myasthenia gravis
- Bacterial infection
- Bacterial infection
- Bacterial infection
- Bacterial infection
- Bacterial infection
- Bacterial infection
- Bacterial infection
- Tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis
- Covid-19
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Rehydration in short bowel syndrome
- Faecal impaction (adults)
- Faecal impaction (children)
- Minor digestive complaints
- Haemorrhoids
- Haemorrhoids
- Menopausal disorders
- Menopausal disorders
- Menopausal disorders
- Menopausal disorders
- Menopausal disorders
- Menopausal disorders
- Menopausal disorders
- Menopausal disorders
- Nutrition (Infant)
- Nutrition (Infant)
- Nutrition (Infant)
- Nutrition (Infant)
- Nutrition (Infant)
- Nutrition (Infant)
- Nutrition (Infant)
- Nutrition (Infant)
- Nutrition (Infant)
- Nutrition (Infant)
- Nutrition (Infant)
- Nausea and vomiting
- Agitation in mania and psychotic disorders
- Schizophrenia
- Intraoperative mydriasis / prevention of miosis
- Stoma
- Arrhythmias
- Acute coronary syndrome
- Acute coronary syndrome
- Inotropic support
- IV catheter maintenance
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Hepatitis D
- Hypertension (severe / crisis)
- Heart failure
- Oedema
- Hypotension
- Tissue glue / suture support
- Diagnosis of Brugada syndrome
- Heparin induced thrombocytopenia
- HIV infection
- Stoma
- Stoma
- Stoma
- Stoma
- Stoma
- Stoma
- Stoma
- Stoma
- Stoma
- Smoking cessation
- Endometriosis
- Surgical diagnostic
- Ocular surgery
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Growth failure - adults
- Growth failure - children
- Oesophagitis (inducing remission)
- Uterine fibroids
- Overactive bladder (adults)
- Retinal Vein Occlusion
Additional Documents
Type
Document
Review Date
Guidelines (Local)
05 November 2025
Guidelines (Local)
Vitamin D Guidelines (children) - Treatment and Maintenance of Deficiency and Insufficiency - Feb 24
07 October 2026
Patient resource
01 August 2022
Patient resource
05 November 2025
Patient resource
05 November 2025
Committee Recommendations
Date
Committee Name
Narrative
04 October 2023
Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System Area Prescribing Committee (APC)
The Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System Area Prescribing Committee (APC) approves the Prevention, Investigation and Treatment of Vitamin D deficiency and Insufficiency in Children guidelines & treatment algorithm.
See document "Vitamin D Guidelines (children)"
07 December 2022
Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System Area Prescribing Committee (APC)
The Surrey Heartlands integrated care system Area Prescribing Committee (APC) have approved updated guidelines and a treatment pathway for the use of vitamin D (colecalciferol) in the prevention and treatment of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency in adult patients. See Vitamin D Guidelines and Treatment pathway (adults)
Patient resources are also available.
Colecalciferol should be prescribed generically in line with the local guidance. Unlicensed, food supplements are not recommended for prescribing.
02 November 2022
Primary Care Medicines Optimisation Clinical reference Group (PCMOCRG)
The PCMOCRG approved the information resources to provide advice to people who require vitamin D supplementation for prevention or treatment of deficiency.
This supports the NHSE advice for self care with vitamin D supplementation.
See Patient resources in additional information
Associated BNF Codes
09. Nutrition and Blood
09.06.04. Vitamin D