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Vitamin D deficiency is common, but new research shows that it can be treated easily and cheaply. Scientists in Boston report that they used 50,000 IU of vitamin D2 once a week to treat vitamin D deficiency in 86 patients. Within 8 weeks, the deficiency had been corrected. They prescribed 50,000 IU of vitamin D2 every other week as maintenance therapy and found that it worked well for most patients. There were no kidney stones or other side effects reported. The researchers conclude that vitamin D2 every other week worked just as well as daily vitamin D3 and is simple and inexpensive.
I thought that it is Vitamin D3 that we are all supposed to be taking? Could someone explain the difference?
Thanks.
The 50,000 units made me sick for days...so be careful.
Sitting in the sun got my number up from 11 to 30..so
I try to do that a couple times a week...
Okay. Please explain how D2 can work as well as D3. What is the difference between the two. Aren't the various kinds of vitamin D analogous to the B spectrum?
PEOPLE'S PHARMACY RESPONSE: THE VARIOUS B VITAMINS (B1, B2, B3, B6, B12) ARE ACTUALLY DIFFERENT VITAMINS. D2 IS DERIVED FROM PLANT SOURCES AND D3 FROM ANIMAL SOURCES, BUT THEY ARE JUST SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FORMS OF THE SAME VITAMIN.
I was prescribed vitamin D3 for six weeks, and it brought my levels up from 23 to 42. But did anyone else awake at night drenched in sweat? I would have sworn I was starting hot flashes, but I am only 42, and these "hot flashes" started the very night I started the vitamin D prescription. They happened every night for awhile, and finally subsided. I couldn't find anywhere that this was a side effect. Can anyone explain this?
I was taking 2000 IU of D3 that was made from wool. (Who knew that was even possible?) It made me itch like crazy. Can't wear wool either.
I am prescribed 1 ampule (200 000IU) per month for 5 months to cover my acute deficiency. I am also sitting in the sun.
Please let me know for how long each day should I get sun exposure with clothes on.
Thanks.
What's the right dose of Vitamin D3 for me?
I have tested my vitamin 25(OH)D2 and 25(OH)D3 level and it is 28 nmol/l and the normal range is written on the result paper to be 75-200 nmol/L,and 11 ug/L the normal range is 30-80.
another test Vitamin 1,25(OH)2 D3 and the result 103 pmol/l with the normal range 43-148
Is my Vitamin D blood level too low?
My doctor has Prescribed for me 45,000 IU of vitamin d3 drops Vi-De 3 from Novaartis (Oral solution) once a week for 8 weeks. I just started last week.
Is this enough for my case?
I feel tired and dizzy all the time,pain in my muscles and bones, can't sit or stand normally.
By the way I'm 26 years old and weight 125 lb, is it OK to take the 45,000 twice per week for the first 4 weeks then decrease it to 45,000 IU's per week after that?
I'm a afraid to be toxic, could any one tell what is OK and what is not?