Questions about Vitamin B12 and Vitamin D3 supplementation

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Hi all,

I was considering adding B12 sublingual and D3 vitamins to my

regimen, as per the suggestoins of Betty Iams, who is doing great

after 15 years following a diagnosis of PPMS.

Anyway, in researching these vitamins I have some concerns, as

follows:

1) RE the B12 sublingual (Methycoalabim (sp??), every brand I had has

lots of fillers. Does anyone know of a good brand. Also, I think I

have heard this can mobilize mercury. Does anyone know?

2) Re the Vitamin D3 (coalciferol (sp?)), my research indicates that

this form of Vitamin D is most absorbable in a supplement but that it

comes from animal products. For example, I called one company and

they said they make theirs from a sheep's lanolin. That sounds kind

of gross. Of course something like Cod liver oil might be a better

source, but that only delivers 400iu per serving, whereas I have been

told that MSers should be supplementing Vitamin D at levels of closer

to 2000-5000iu per day, depending on their blood test levels. So

anyway, does anyone have an opinion on whether these D3 sources from

animals could do more harm than good, given that we don't know what's

going in the manufacturing?

Thanks for any opinions, input, thoughts, etc.