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Supplement × Supplement·Evidence index

Calcium and Vitamin D2: what the published research says

PubMed indexes 4 records that name Calcium and Vitamin D2 together, either in the title or in an interaction, co-administration, or pharmacokinetic context. Each one is listed below with its study design and, where the abstract states one, the authors’ own conclusion, quoted and linked. This page reports that literature. It does not tell you whether to combine them.

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An evidence index, not guidance.

Every statement below is attributed to a named, dated, linked source.

This page lists published research relevant to Calcium and Vitamin D2. It deliberately does not state whether the combination is safe, whether it interacts, in which direction, at what dose, or how far apart to take them.

The research

4 studies naming Calcium and Vitamin D2.

Strongest relevance first: papers naming both substances in the title, then human trials and systematic reviews.

Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) is more efficacious than Vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) at regulating calcium absorption and bone quality in rats.

The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology · 2025 · PMID 40712802

Animal study

“These findings suggest that vitamin D3 is more efficacious than vitamin D2 in improving blood levels of 25(OH)D and majority of the classical functions. Hence vitamin D3 appears to be the superior choice for both prevention and rehabilitation purposes.”

Dutta et al. · From the abstract

Names both Calcium and Vitamin D2 in its title.

Vitamin D and Muscle Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials.

Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2021 · PMID 34405916

Meta-AnalysisSystematic ReviewHuman subjects5223 participants

“Vitamin D may have adverse effects on muscle health, which needs to be considered when recommending vitamin D supplementation. © 2021 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR).”

Bislev et al. · From the abstract

Names Calcium and Vitamin D2 together in an interaction, co-administration, or pharmacokinetic context.

Vitamin D supplementation, body weight and human serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D response: a systematic review.

European journal of nutrition · 2014 · PMID 24292820

Systematic ReviewHuman subjects

“This systematic review demonstrates that body weight is an important predictor of variation in circulating 25OHD in cohorts on vitamin D supplements. Our model provides an estimate of the daily vitamin D dose that is necessary for achieving adequate circulating 25OHD levels in vitamin D-insufficient or vitamin D-deficient individuals/cohorts with different body weights and ages.”

Zittermann et al. · Authors' conclusion

Names Calcium and Vitamin D2 together in an interaction, co-administration, or pharmacokinetic context.

Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of cancer in adults.

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014 · PMID 24953955

Meta-AnalysisSystematic ReviewHuman subjects

“There is currently no firm evidence that vitamin D supplementation decreases or increases cancer occurrence in predominantly elderly community-dwelling women. Vitamin D₃ supplementation decreased cancer mortality and vitamin D supplementation decreased all-cause mortality, but these estimates are at risk of type I errors due to the fact that too few participants were examined, and to risks of attrition bias originating from substantial dropout of participants.”

Bjelakovic et al. · Authors' conclusion

Names Calcium and Vitamin D2 together in an interaction, co-administration, or pharmacokinetic context.

Limitations

What this evidence cannot tell you.

Search-based evidence indexes have real limits, and it is worth being explicit about them:

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