Coroner: Vitamin D packs should outline ‘serious risks’ after overdose death

A coroner has raised concerns over vitamin D packaging after an 89-year-old man died from “vitamin D toxicity”, among other causes. 

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“Vitamin supplements can have potentially very serious risks and side effects when taken in excess”
Kate Bowie

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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

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