All prescriptions are... by: Kerri Knox, RN-The Immune Health Queen!
Hi Mike,
If your doctor wrote you a prescription for Vitamin D and you had it filled at a pharmacy, then you have Vitamin D2. ALL prescription vitamin D in the US is Vitamin D2.
And you are right about Vitamin D, you SHOULD take Vitamin D3. Be sure to read my page about Vitamin D2 vs Vitamin D3 to see why.
No, I'm afraid that there is no 'prescription' for Vitamin D3, but why do you NEED a prescription for it when you can just buy it? I highly recommend these Longevity Plus Vitamin D3 Supplements.
Instead of taking your prescription pill once per week, simply take 10 of these per week instead. That is just over 1 a day. You can take them all at once or spread them out over the week, it is not important. It gets absorbed all the same.
So, please, dump those Vitamin D2 tablets that your doctor recommended and get some Vitamin D3 Supplements instead.
Then, about how bad is it? Well, time will only tell. It's GREAT that you caught it now and that is all that is important because you can't change the past. But researchers believe that you have likely put yourself at higher risk of:
Heart Disease Cancer Multiple Sclerosis Diabetes High Blood Pressure
for the past 30 years.
While I share your concern, I find it interesting that people BECOME concerned when they find out that their vitamin D level is low. Maybe it makes it REAL for people to see their higher risk of disease in black and white.
But if you really ARE concerned about your risk of these diseases, I suspect that many of your other lifestyle habits are contributing to your risk of these diseases as well. If your vitamin D level is low, are you eating enough healthy Omega 3 Fatty Acids? Are you getting enough exercise?
Vitamin D deficiency doesn't occur in a vacuum, and it's likely that you can improve a LOT of things for your health. If you really are interested in improving your health, then take a look at Dr. Carolyn Dean's VERY affordable Future Health Now Program.
Each week for 48 weeks, she sends you another lesson to help transform your health. Dr. Dean is one of the few Medical Doctors who is also a Naturopath, so she knows her way around traditional AND alternative health.
Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Health Queen Functional Medicine Practitioner Easy Immune Health.com
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