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"The patient had been assuming very high dose of cholecalciferol since 20 months (cumulative 78,000,000UI, mean daily 130,000UI), as indicated by a non-conventi
by arkitaip 6y ago
"The patient had been assuming very high dose of cholecalciferol since 20 months (cumulative 78,000,000UI, mean daily 130,000UI), as indicated by a non-conventional protocol for multiple sclerosis."
"This case confirms that vitamin D intoxication is possible albeit with a really high dose."
This is a truly insane dosage but all this case says is that however created this protocol is dangerously incompetent.
- pmiller2 6y agoYeah, 130K IU / day is ~20x what's typically regarded as safe.
- LegitShady 6y agotaking 20x the recommended dose of water (3-4 liters daily - 60-80 liters to compare) will kill you too.
- userbinator 6y ago...and people have died from it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication
- radu_floricica 6y agoThere's safe and safe. 20x the safe dose of cannabis will make you very stoned for a while, 20x the safe dose for alcohol will kill you. Similarly an overdose of vitamin D vs aspirin. The relevant metric here is LD50 - but a quick google doesn't find a number for vitamin D. A wild guess would be that the patient in question could have died, though whether the odds were 50% we can't really say from just one case. But it means that 130000 UI daily for over a year is in the ballpark.
- hinkley 6y agoI guarantee if you get MS you’ll do some pretty crazy shit too, probably crazier than this.
- reco 6y agoWhat are you talking about? I have several family members with MS and they don’t do stupid shit they learned off YouTube.
- Florin_Andrei 6y ago> protocol I wonder if that's an euphemism for "stuff they learned on youtube".