Re: overdose on Vitamin D3--suggestions to flush out

[Guest guest]

You took 5,000 or 50,000??

Either way don't worry about it, just skip taking it for a month.

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> Hi All,

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> I mistakenly took 50,00 iu of vitamin D3 2 days in a row, when my blood level

(just tested some weeks ago) was 78 ng/ml (reference range 30-100 ng/ml).

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[Guest guest]

I agree with the other posters who felt that this is probably not a real cause

for concern. If you do think you're having adverse symptoms, I'd call your

doctor or perhaps poison control. I know that I've read that much more research

has been done, with evidence that the recommended doses for vitamin D are much

lower than they should be. I'm repeating this from memory, so I'd try to verify

this with a web search if I really needed to know. But I think there has been

research done where the daily dose of vitamin D was upped to around 20,000 iu

daily, with no ill effects. Vitamin D does cumulate, so if you think you've

taken too much, you can just stop taking it for a period of time until it

disappears from the body.

Ann

" Evil cannot overcome evil, and the end does not justify the means... when we

undertake to overcome evil with evil, we ourselves tend to become the evil that

we seek to overcome. " Study of International Conflict, prepared for the American

Friends Service Committee, 1955

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[Guest guest]

I agree with Tom. One time I took 30,000 iu per day for 3 weeks to beat

pneumonia that was resistant to antibiotics. It worked !!

Now I can't take any antibiotics (or choose not to) so whenever I get an

infection, mainly sinus or lungs, I take 10,000 to 30,000 until its gone. I am

very small too and I am fine! You will be fine too. I take a maintenance dose

of 6000 to 10,000 a day.

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[Guest guest]

I found this important piece of information about vitamin-D:

" According to this paper, all infants in the German Democratic Republic (East

Germany) received dangerously high doses of Vitamin D every three months in

their doctor's office. The policy was in place for 35 years. The first 600,000

IU dose was given at three months and then every three months until the child

was 18 months of age. "

Sorry, I misplaced the source but you can Google it. Have you ever noticed how

big and strong those East Germans were and how they dominated the Olympics? Some

claim steroids but it is well known that drinking Vitamin-D enriched milk has

increased the over-all stature of people in the US.

So, 50,000 for a couple of days may not be so bad. Just hold off for a week or

so and you will be fine. I would, myself, order a vitamin D3 blood test out of

curiosity.

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> Hi All,

>

> I mistakenly took 50,00 iu of vitamin D3 2 days in a row, when my blood

level (just tested some weeks ago) was 78 ng/ml (reference range 30-100 ng/ml).

>

> I had some mild muscle weakness and would like to know if anyone has

suggestions for flushing it out.

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> I am drinking alot of water, but not sure that is helpful since it's

oil-soluble.

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> Any ideas?

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[Guest guest]

Hi All , it was 50,000. Thanks for the help! I have not taken any since, and

it seems to be correcting. Also it made my stiff hand more flexible, and

improved my vision. But it did weaken the legs for a while.

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> Hi All,

>

> I mistakenly took 50,00 iu of vitamin D3 2 days in a row, when my blood

level (just tested some weeks ago) was 78 ng/ml (reference range 30-100 ng/ml).

>

> I had some mild muscle weakness and would like to know if anyone has

suggestions for flushing it out.

>

> I am drinking alot of water, but not sure that is helpful since it's

oil-soluble.

>

> Any ideas?

>

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[Guest guest]

I thought it was in different units (metric ones) where the range is different.

So I tried to get it into range, only to find that it was in range for the

ng/ml units. And that I had taken too much.