Vitamin D could ease the pain in women with Type 2 diabetes and depression, Newsmax Health reports.

 According to new study conducted at Loyola University Chicago and presented recently a campus research conference, a significant number of volunteers given weekly vitamin D2 supplementation (50,000 IUs) for six months reported a lessening of pain and their symptoms of depression.

At the start of the study, 61 percent of the women reported shooting or burning pain in their legs and feet (neuropathic pain) and 74 percent reported numbness and tingling in their hands, fingers, and legs (sensory pain). After three to six months of receiving the supplements, the patients reported a significant decrease in neuropathic and sensory pain.