Posted by ed_uk2010 on April 18, 2014, at 5:25:14
In reply to check your vitamin D, posted by Phil on April 17, 2014, at 11:01:28
> saw my GP yesterday. My vitamin D was 5. the lowest his nurse had ever seen.
2000 units per day will take rather a long time to get you back into the reference range. Maybe about a year.
Recently, in the UK, we are using large weekly doses to speed up the process, followed by a maintenance dose. For example, with your very low level you might be prescribed 2 x 20 000 unit capsules once weekly for 3 months then retest. If normal, a maintenance dose of 800-2000 units per day might be prescribed. If still low, the high dose would be continued for a few more months. You can buy the high doses from a pharmacy here, I assume you can too.
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