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Posted 1/21/2014 9:30 PM (GMT 0)
I know many of you here have had vitamin D deficiencies, and I was just diagnosed with one. My doctor prescribed 50,000 iu once a week for 3 months. That sounds like a pretty large dose. Has anyone else taken that much? If so, did you have any side effects? And lastly, did getting your vitamin D levels up help any with pain/fatigue? Thanks!
Posted 1/21/2014 9:49 PM (GMT 0)
I also was prescribed the same thing, a few years back. I had no bad side effects from that dose. In fact my last testing, I'm in a good normal range. It took me a few years to get there. After I finished the initial vitamin D therapy, I just barely made it to the low normal range. I now take 2000 IU of vitamin D daily and drink plenty of milk. I found the the levels going up did help with pain and fatigue. I also take Vitamin B-12 and that helps too.

Hope your levels go up and that you benefit from it!

hugs, Robin
Posted 1/21/2014 10:46 PM (GMT 0)
My D levels were extremely low but my doctor didn't put me on the prescription dose. Most doctors do. He had me take larger doses of D...I take 5,500 IU a day and that includes the D in my calcium supplements and my multiple vitamin...and my last check of my D levels was excellent. So now I'll probably be backing off some of what I'm taking now.

You should feel better once you get your levels up. That will be great!

Sherrine
Posted 1/21/2014 11:21 PM (GMT 0)
I'm on it twice a week-100,000iud total.
I've had no side effects from it.
I was at 8 when first tested. I'm now at 34. Just got tested again today to check levels again.
Posted 1/22/2014 2:27 AM (GMT 0)
I take the 50,000 units at intervals. You don't need a prescription, you can get them at a drug store. The important info I can share with you is make sure you get that monitored. I was put on it, but nobody told me to have it rechecked, so like a nut I kept taking it. It was a long time, but my levels got 4 times the high and I got a kidney stone. So no worries unless you do what I did. So now I am a little nervous taking that high dose. It's hard to tell what works. I know my pain and depression is well controlled. It could be from that or a combination of things.
Posted 1/22/2014 9:29 AM (GMT 0)
I was very low when first diagnosed, but my doctor did not put me on a prescription dose. He instead instructed me to take an OTC supplement. I have to take about 4,000iu daily in order to stay in the normal range. It does seem to help some with pain and fatigue.
Posted 1/22/2014 12:52 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for all the input. I was at a normal level when I got checked a few years ago, but it has plummeted since then. Fortunately, it seems like a pretty simple fix (unlike most of my other issues, lol).
Posted 1/22/2014 5:14 PM (GMT 0)
I was originally at 4.2 for my D levels. PMD put me on 100k iu's for two weeks, then 50k iu's for six months of the D2, plus 4k iu's/day of the OTC D3. Then I was on just the OTC for about six months, re-tested and was low again.

I had the same experience the following year, but was only at about 15 or so that time. Did another 7 months on the megadoses, then 5 at just the OTC D3.

The only side effect that I noticed was that my energy levels were better when on mega doses.

I'm supposed to go in to get tested again, but I started on my own taking 20k iu's daily of Raw D3 from Garden of Life - which is not a synthetic vitamin. Research has shown that our bodies can absorb vitamins better if they have the whole vitamin complex. This one is a whole food vitamin and has the full complex, which includes "probiotics, antioxidants, enzymes and nutrient-specific peptides for targeted delivery and natural recognition of nutrients by your body."

I've been taking this for about a week and can tell a slight difference in energy levels.
Posted 1/23/2014 1:34 PM (GMT 0)
I am low but have an issue with the higher doses. I take otc d3 I stop at 1000 iu, any higher and my stomach issues become a prob.
Posted 1/26/2014 4:16 PM (GMT 0)
Another thing to check is to see if your insurance will cover the lab work for a vitamin d level check. We got caught off guard with having to pay out of pocket twice. Most insurance companies cover the prescription vitamin d. I take 5,000 a day and my levels are about 34
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