• Nicholas Mason, Lauren M Sweet, Zachary Wills, and Sarah Schall.
• Arizona College of Medicine, Midwestern University, Ocotillo Hall, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA.
• Mil Med. 2024 Jan 23; 189 (1-2): e417e419e417-e419.

AbstractVitamin toxicity represents an increasingly frequent clinical diagnosis and can be difficult to initially recognize given the plethora of over-the-counter supplements available. The young, active, and heavily male population of the military is especially susceptible to such supplementation pitfalls. Here we present the case of acute renal failure with hypercalcemia that was found to be secondary to unrecognized high-dose over-the-counter vitamin supplementation and subsequent vitamin D hypervitaminosis initiated by the patient in the hope of boosting testosterone production. This clinical scenario demonstrates the dangers of easily accessible, often seemingly benign supplements and the need for greater education and awareness of supplementation use.Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States 2023. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.

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