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I’ve been toying with idea of upping vitamin D Iu. Currently its 1000 and that was what was prescribed to me a while back.
by saos 2y ago
I’ve been toying with idea of upping vitamin D Iu. Currently its 1000 and that was what was prescribed to me a while back.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 2y agoI take 5000 daily as a maintenance dose. Bloodwork has been basically perfect since I started doing that. If you are deficient doctors often prescribe a massive daily dose like 20000-30000 to get back to normal then drop down to a maintenance dose. The nice thing with vitamin D is that you can actually check its level in bloodwork. The normal range is often considered to be between 50-125 ng/mL with below 30 considered deficient and above 120 or so considered too much. I highly recommend people stay on top of this particular vitamin. In addition to evidence that a deficiency significantly affects your immune system functionality, it’s also uncomfortable. My spouse has been deficient in the past and experienced hand cramps, back spasms, muscle aches etc. It’s fat soluble so it takes a few weeks to get it back to normal after supplementation
- y33t 2y agoVitamin D deficiency has also been linked to cancer, specifically colorectal IIRC. Also people who had D deficiency were more likely to have problems with COVID.
- trevorkoob 2y agoAdding on this point, in my research I found blood serum testing to be wildly imprecise. The conclusion of my study was that we should do more studies where we take regular blood level samples and adjust dosage to achieve a certain average level (near the upper level of the range). 5000IU D3 (D2 is about 1/3-1/2 as effective at raising blood serum levels) is a good starting point.
- Sunspark 2y agoMuscle cramps/spasms are a lot more than just vitamin D.. electrolytes are important.. If they have been deficient in vitamin D, chances are they are also deficient in electrolytes as well.