Guest guest Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 I too have had problems with low levels of vitamin D. I was taking 1000 IU of D when my blood level tested at 6 (30+ is considered normal, below 10 extremely deficient). I doubled my supplement to 2000 IU - that raised the blood level to 7. Now I'm taking 4000 IU and will see what the next test shows. Tim R > ... 's vitamin D level was low and once they started him > on extra vitamin D, he seemed to have more energy. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 I too have had problems with low levels of vitamin D. I was taking 1000 IU of D when my blood level tested at 6 (30+ is considered normal, below 10 extremely deficient). I doubled my supplement to 2000 IU - that raised the blood level to 7. Now I'm taking 4000 IU and will see what the next test shows. Tim R > ... 's vitamin D level was low and once they started him > on extra vitamin D, he seemed to have more energy. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 I too have had problems with low levels of vitamin D. I was taking 1000 IU of D when my blood level tested at 6 (30+ is considered normal, below 10 extremely deficient). I doubled my supplement to 2000 IU - that raised the blood level to 7. Now I'm taking 4000 IU and will see what the next test shows. Tim R > ... 's vitamin D level was low and once they started him > on extra vitamin D, he seemed to have more energy. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 Great link.. Thanks- Andi > My wife got me some vitamin D that comes in a bottle with a dropper. > It's 2000 IU per drop, and there are 1100 drops per bottle! It was > recommended to her by a doctor who was the speaker at a medical > conference she went to. The vitamin D is in olive oil, and tastes good > (if you like olive oil!) > It's sold at emersonecologics.com http://www.emersonecologics.com/ProductInformation.asp?BrowseBy=LIQ20 athan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 Great link.. Thanks- Andi > My wife got me some vitamin D that comes in a bottle with a dropper. > It's 2000 IU per drop, and there are 1100 drops per bottle! It was > recommended to her by a doctor who was the speaker at a medical > conference she went to. The vitamin D is in olive oil, and tastes good > (if you like olive oil!) > It's sold at emersonecologics.com http://www.emersonecologics.com/ProductInformation.asp?BrowseBy=LIQ20 athan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 I found a list of 's meds prior to transplant. He was taking vitamin d in Drisdol 50000IU on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 I found a list of 's meds prior to transplant. He was taking vitamin d in Drisdol 50000IU on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 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 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 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 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 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 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 As far as I knwo ther is ONLY one D3 but there is also D2 supplements which shoudl be avoided. -- http://nthadrenalsweb.org/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ http://faqhelp.webs.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ http://www.thyroid-rt3.com/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HypoPets/ http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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