Re: Re: Thanks Tim R : Vitamin D

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Tim. I think my question to Von that i did

send when i saw his e-mail [prior to reading your

e-mails] regarding the increase in the dosage, has

been answered but i will ask my doctor, as you have

mentioned to do some testing prior to the increase.

--- Tim Romlein wrote:

> Thanks to all who have contributed info on vit D. I

> now have a

> perscription for 50,000 IU every other day

> (175,000/wk) up from the

> 4,000 (28,000/wk) I had been taking. Blood test in a

> week or so will

> determine if that is enough to push my blood levels

> up into the

> " adequate " range.

>

> I have been having a considerable amount of rib pain

> recently. The

> radiological evidence points to poor healing of ribs

> injured in

> January when I slipped and fell on some ice,

> possibly because of very

> low vitamin D levels causing poor calcium metabolism

> and bone repair.

> So the increase in vitamin D is in response to some

> physical problems.

>

> Tim R ltx 4/4/98, rPSC 2002, listed Feb 2005

>

>

> >

> > Fosamax-D only has 2,800 units/week which is a

> good start but may not

> > enough for PSC patients. Since in PSC the

> absorption is poor and

> > because of the risk of Cholangiocarcinoma, I think

> the goal should be

> > to get the blood level close to 50.

> >

> > Von

> >

>

>

>

________________________________________________________________________________\

___

You snooze, you lose. Get messages ASAP with AutoCheck

in the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.

http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_html.html