Vitamin D - what supplement does your CWD take?

[Beach bum]

Originally Posted by ecure

Mega-dose : like 160000UI daily or 200000UI daily or even more.. The best to use is vitamin D3.

I heard about a recent research about vitamin D with high dose of vitamin on human. could you confirm the dosage used , frequency, number of months? I suspect it's very low compare the mega-dose I posted above. If possible could you post this research pdf ? I'm pretty sure the dose used is very low or short period of time and low frequency.

I suspect around these doses we could obtain a reversal enough fast..

Everything has risk... but you should carefully monitor your vitamin D blood level total and converted vitamin d during your experience..if you try..
Even exogenous insulin at high dose it's a big risk.. so you should increase your dose of vitamin d very slowly to determine your maximum tolerance.. maximum tolerance could vary from person to person.

Originally Posted by ecure

we= diabetes type 1 community

Don't lump all of us in the T1 community together, especially when you are suggesting risky things. We don't all think like you do.

[misscaitp]

Not only would one have to worry about high levels of vitamin D, such as renal problems, but also hypercalcemia (which is a common side effect of taking high doses of vitamin D).

To the OP, I take 50,000 IU once a week as my vitamin d level was 8.9, normal at the lab I go to 20. I also take 2 multivitamins a day. I was taking calcium supplements but had to stop because of the vitamin d causing hypercalcemia when combined with calcium supplements.

[LantusFiend]

Originally Posted by misscaitp

I was taking calcium supplements but had to stop because of the vitamin d causing hypercalcemia when combined with calcium supplements.

Why not take less vitamin D plus more calcium, instead of more vitamin D and less calcium?

[misscaitp]

Originally Posted by LantusFiend

Why not take less vitamin D plus more calcium, instead of more vitamin D and less calcium?

It was mainly because my calcium levels weren't significantly low as the vitamins d levels were. My calcium levels after stopping the calcium supplements have dropped to normal range, after being high for at least 2 weeks. So I don't need calcium anymore. As of right now I just need the vitamin d and the multivitamins.

[ecure]

Toxicity with vitamin D3 is more rare at low dose but it's possible like you said. Plus if you go out frequently . The sun could give you a lot of vitamin d as well and you may need to adjust dosage according your vitamin d absorption from sun light. Sunscreen reduces vitamin d absorption.. Every metabolism could be different as well.. One could have a better absorption rate for vitamin d in food and supplement.. It's the reason you should have a regular monitoring of your vitamin d total blood level and converted vitamin d . Some diseases have vitamin d contraindicated.

Example of toxicity at very high dose..Accidental case.

1,700,000 IU daily of vitamin d3 during 7 months before toxicity.. Son and father. 29- and 63-yr-old related males.

They both survived .

source: Vieth et al. 2002.
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