To much vitamin d

From WebMD:

Vitamin D is LIKELY SAFE when taken by mouth in recommended amounts. Most people do not commonly experience side effects with vitamin D, unless too much is taken. Some side effects of taking too much vitamin D include weakness, fatigue, sleepiness, headache, loss of appetite, dry mouth, metallic taste, nausea, vomiting, and others.

Taking vitamin D for long periods of time in doses higher than 4000 units per day is POSSIBLY UNSAFE and may cause excessively high levels of calcium in the blood. However, much higher doses are often needed for the short-term treatment of vitamin D deficiency. This type of treatment should be done under the supervision of a healthcare provider.

Too much of anything is not a good idea. My SIL almost died in the OR because she took high levels of Vitamin E, which is a blood thinner. Be smart and be careful about your supplements.

Sue

First of all, what was the reason for upping it to 6K IU a day? Before upping it up, did you check if you are still (or even more) deficient? What is your skin type (color), where do you live (for your sun exposure) and your age. I am an Indian, with typical brown skin but have always lived way up north for last 10 years, I take 2K IU a day for more than 4 years now and so far so good. No side effects observed.

So rather than looking into the 'side effect', it will be lot easier just to reduce the dose (if you are not deficient) or best to seek expert opinion.

As well i mean

I only take alavert- d as needed.

I take the vitamin-d all at once.

Nope just the listed vitamins.

I havent taken the vitamin b this week.

I recently had an abscessed tooth that required an antibiotic to enable the dentist to do a root canal. I increased my probiotic intake to restore the good flora in my body. My son had researched probiotics and found VSL3 has a good track record. It is an OTC and fairly expensive, $2+ a pill. I am taking them but found another called Benebiotics that has more for less, actually costs less than half of VSL3. Anyone take them?

Love this forum. Just did a search for mesalamine and a metallic taste in the mouth and this thread popped up pointing to vitamin d as a possible culprit. Turns out, I've been taking quite a lot of vit d lately and that might just explain the metallic taste. Will drop it off and see how I fare. Thx

cherchezlafemme, now much vitamin D were you taking daily?

The Mesagran granules could definitely cause the metallic taste...as well as high zinc, toothpaste, mouth dryness, sinus issues, allergies and a lot of other things.

But let us know how you do with the drop in D...

q

I read a thread on here once where someone took vit d to prevent headaches. But you know different people can have different reactions