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> Is this safe, Maybe? > and if so would a doctor ever recommend to do this every day? Most definitely not, but then again, Doctors err on the side of cautio
by CBarkleyU 4y ago
> Is this safe,
Maybe?
> and if so would a doctor ever recommend to do this every day?
Most definitely not, but then again, Doctors err on the side of caution for obvious reasons
- Enginerrrd 4y ago>Most definitely not, but then again, Doctors err on the side of caution for obvious reasons Let me rephrase this slightly: Doctors err on the side of caution in terms of the liability of performing a medical intervention (Such as advising to take a supplement). There are many cases where the advice from an MD minimizes their liability and risk but doesn't optimize health for the most number of people. It's much harder to sue over a lack of an intervention than it is to sue over an intervention that produced a negative outcome. Both happen for sure, but there's a systemic bias in the process. In general, this is probably a good thing, but it's nuanced.
- password11 4y ago> There are many cases where the advice from an MD minimizes their liability and risk but doesn't optimize health for the most number of people. That may be true in general, but is there any evidence that regularly taking 20,000 IU/day if vitamin D is optimal for health? I see a lot of articles making an affirmative recommendation not to take more than 4,000 IU/day. Ex: https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/too-much-vitamin-d-may-harm-bones-not-help https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/too-much-vita...
- Enginerrrd 4y agoOh, I only mean for it to apply in general. With regard to vitamin D, I think there are more people that would benefit from Vitamin D than there are MD's willing to recommend they take it and get the requisite blood work done to confirm appropriate supplementation rate. However, in general, 20,000IU/day every day is quite high and should be done cautiously if at all.
- mrguyorama 4y agoDoctor's 100% will prescribe much larger megadoses for people with very low Vitamin D. My family has terrible vitamin D levels because we are bad genetic stock and because we live in the frozen hellscape. My dad has been prescribed 50k IU for a time period, but megadosing always comes from a place of "you have a lot of headroom to go with your vitamin D levels" and "come back and get another blood test in a few months so we can make sure you won't overdo it and so you can stop taking expensive supplements"
- count 4y agoDon't be so sure. My wife was prescribed 20k/day for a few weeks, by her doctor. Tested again, and then put on a 10k/day that she's been on for nearly 5 years now. Annual physicals put her right around the middle of the 'normal' range.
- rdl 4y agoI was 6 ng/mL. I'm 81 ng/mL now (well, November). Ref range is 30-100 ng/mL. (Bioavailability of oral D3 supplements is pretty low, generally. I'm sure most of what I'm taking is being wasted, but it's like $10/mo for the supplement, which is below the line for me to optimize.)