I just read that vitamin d2 is really yeast that has been irradiated or something like that and can be very toxic, and can cause many not nice side effects. Whereas vitamin d3 is a natural one and is better and a lot safer for the body. I am going

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I just read that vitamin d2 is really yeast that has been irradiated or something like that and can be very toxic, and can cause many not nice side effects. Whereas vitamin d3 is a natural one and is better and a lot safer for the body. I am going to call my dr. tomorrow and talk to him and see what he thinks. I think I had a really bad reaction to the d2, it was like an allergic reaction, I never know what I will be allergic to, there are so many things I am reacting to, so maybe I can try that. The d3 I was prescribed was in a large blue capsule, and was over the counter, I was told I needed a prescription to buy it, but it was not covered by my insurance, and cost about 11 dollars. I called the pharmacist and he too suggested taking maybe 100 iu per day maybe, he said to change it till I

could tolerate it. So I will have a conversation with my rheumatologist and see what he thinks first. To: "asthma " <asthma > Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 3:19 PM Subject: Re: Re: Jenn

Unfortunatly doctors are not always right and soften it's safer if one decides ones own treatment path. If the huge dose of 50,000 iu of Vit.D is making you ill, then the answer is to try a smaller dose.

Tell your doc what's happening but if you can't see the doc for some time, reduce the dose yourself until you no longer feel ill. Thats what your doctor will probably suggest anyway.

Too much Vit.D can be dangerous but each and everyone of us require a dosage suitable to their own individual needs.

Maybe just reduce to 40,000 iu first and see how you feel? 50,000 iu still seems a huge dose.

Cheers from Mike (Chip) Chapman

Author of, A Fly on the Ward

http://bit.ly/KLXYO6

To: "asthma " <asthma > Sent: Sunday, 24 June 2012, 17:34Subject: Re: Re: Jenn

It's what the rheumatologist prescribed for me - my bloods came back as low in vit D (looking out the window, I can't possibly think how, what with this glorious hot summer we've had! </sarcasm>)

The company I work for sells similar stuff to Holland and Barrett, but cheaper, adn I get a staff discount

Jenn

Tha can tek t'lass outta Yorkshire...!

Don't brand me, don't classify me, don't tell me what to wear. I'll be who I want to be, and I'm proud to be me.

To: "asthma " <asthma > Sent: Sunday, 24 June 2012, 14:47Subject: Re: Re: Jenn

Hi Jenn, don't think the NHS allows for Vit. D prescriptions. Only as part of the calcium supplement and that is only 3 micrograms. Holland & Barrett sell vit.D in several strengths quite cheaply. Vit.D is rapidly becoming the new wonder drug for those with immune deficiencies etc. About 1,000 iu is a good dose to begin on.

Doubt if your GP will know enough about Vit.D to help, most haven't caught up yet!

Cheers from Mike (Chip) Chapman

Author of, A Fly on the Ward

http://bit.ly/KLXYO6

To: "asthma " <asthma > Sent: Sunday, 24 June 2012, 10:27Subject: Re: Re: GP

I'm supposed to be on it, except that I've not got round to going to the hospital to pick up the prescription yet! They sent a letter to me informing me of the outcome of my rheumatologist appointment, and sent a copy to my doctor, yet didn't think to put the prescription in with either letter. Fair enough if they want me to speak to someone when I get it, but in that case, send it to my doctor so I can get it from there! I had a reminder on my last repeat prescription for my seretide that they won't prescribe me any more till I've had a check up, so may just ask the doctor to prescribe me the Vitamin D there. Alternatively, if it turns out to just be standard vit D, I can get it from work with a staff discount! The hospital is only a few

miles away, but it's a

good 15 min drive whihc I don't have time for, it's not near anywhere else I'd go, and it's £2 for parking when I'd be in and out in minutes

Jenn

Tha can tek t'lass outta Yorkshire...!

Don't brand me, don't classify me, don't tell me what to wear. I'll be who I want to be, and I'm proud to be me.

To: "asthma " <asthma > Sent: Sunday, 24 June 2012, 7:51Subject: Re: Re: GP

Does anyone take vitamin D by prescription. My Rheumatologist just told me I am severely deficient. So he prescribed me 50,000 IU D2. Well I threw it up and had diarrhea for the entire evening, and next day, and I also became all congested, and could not breathe through nose, kept clearing it out, but it became congested again right away,and I had chest pain. I read ta

hat Vitamin D2 is made from irradiating yeast,and is not really good for us to take and can be toxic, but that vitamin D3 is natural and better to take for our bodies, I have a milk allergy, I wonder if that is why the one with the yeast made me sick. Does anyone here know anything else about this? It was a large capsule, and I am supposed to take it once a week.

To: asthma Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 12:47 AMSubject: Re: GP

Amazing we have to write a book to get the attention of a doctor. Now I have to get the book too.I feel the same right now, if I don't wake up with out asthma problems lately I would be in shock too!HUGS G>> Well what a surprise! Went to my GP today, the male one not the cute one or the pretty one, and almost the first thing he said was how much he laughed at my book! Surprised the life outta me coz when I first developed ABPA on top of my old faithful asthma, I called him a plonker and walked out!> Admittedly since stating that aspergillosis is just `fluid on the lung' he has done his research and is now helping me greatly.> Not good news as usual, I have to go off several of my meds coz they're causing actual bodily harm, but nice to know he was enjoying my book.> > This time of the year is always dodgy for me, wheezing like an old vacuum cleaner and just enough breath in me to run about a metre! PF is dropping like the rain and I'm way too scared to monitor my BP, so I haven't! Otherwise all is fine, sort of. Getting used to no breath now, if I ever woke up with no breathing problems, I think the shock would take my breath away . . . . !> > Anyway, I hope you are

all well, my thoughts are with who is still

very ill.> > > Cheers from Mike (Chip) Chapman> http://bit.ly/KLXYO6> Author of, A Fly on the Ward>