Safe Vitamin D Dosage

My vitamin d level is 26 ng/ml. It was 24 ng/ml
3 months ago and I began taking 5000 units per day. Now my doctor recommends taking 50,000 per week for 4 weeks in addition to the 5000 per day.

Is that dosage dangerous?

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Vitamin D dosage
by: Kerri Knox, RN-The Immune Health Queen!

50,000 IU's per week is not at all dangerous. There has never been a case of vitamin D toxicity at dosages of less than 10,000 IU's per day for VERY LONG periods of time.

And the way that you get Vitamin D toxicity is by having vitamin D levels that are too high! And obviously, your levels are not too high, but are too low. So you NEED more Vitamin D...

So, it sounds like your doctor is actually looking out for your best interests. Thank him when you see him and make sure that he Checks Your Vitamin D Level again in another 3 or 4 months to make sure that you are getting enough Vitamin D.

Kerri Knox RN Immune Health Queen

Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Health Queen
Functional Medicine Practitioner
Easy Immune Health.com

Vitamin D Dosage
by: Anonymous

Thank you for the answer. I appreciate it.

If I take a pill that is 50,000 units once a week and I also take 5000 per day, that averages to a little over 12,000 units per day.

I would take the 50,000 for 4 weeks.

Is that still ok?

Vitamin D Overdose is Way Higher
by: Kerri Knox, RN-The Immune Health Queen!

So, to put your dose into perspective- the total dose that you will be taking over one month is 360,000 IU's, right?

That's 12,000 IU's per day for 30 days. A 'normal' way of Preventing vitamin D deficiency in the elderly (in certain places that actually care about vitamin d deficiency) is to give them a vitamin D injection of 600,000 IU's once a year before the beginning of winter.

Several studies have given people over 1,000,000 IU's- that's over one MILLION Iu's over a 3 month period without ill effects. One research team flew to Tierra Del Fuego at the start of their LONG winter and gave a group of CHILDREN an injection of 600,000 IU's and there were no ill effects. So, 360,000 Iu's in an adult to correct vitamin d deficiency is perfectly fine- in fact, when you get your Vitamin D Level Checked again- it's likely to be too low and you'll want to repeat that regimen until it get to the research recommended 'optimal' range of 40 to 80 ng/ml.

Don't stop at the laboratory reference 'normal' low of 30 ng/ml as researchers believe this is too low.

Kerri Knox RN Immune Health Queen

Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Health Queen
Functional Medicine Practitioner
Easy Immune Health.com

myclonic jerks cysitc fobrosis and vitamin d and magnesium/phosphorous deficiency
by: malik

My son is 25 years old and we live in DELHI INDIA . His height is 5 ft 8 inches and weight is 54 kgs.( constant for last 10 years ). He is a Delayed Milestone child . He is suffering from abdomen pain around navel for last ten years. I have taken him to various specialist but it has done him more harm then good. He got in severe depression( physziopherenia ) after taking one dose of fludac .to overcome that he was prescribed oliza . after taking one dose of that he got a attack of epilepsy. he has taken valprol for three years but has withdrawn it ( for last 18 months ) as it was not absorbing in the blood and valporate levels are always below 50 and top of it he was having lot of nausea feeling. on someone advice I started him giving him Mag.Phos 6x thrice a day and it has helped him in his abdomen pain but never the less he is still having stomach pains. He is also having Myoclonic Jerks 8 to 10 times a day. after reading a Book I got his vitamin D checked and it is
SERUM VITAMIN D-3 LEVEL ( CMIA )- 11.00 ng/mL.
His other blood tests reports are as :
BLOOD GLUCOSE FASTING - 87.00 mg/dl ,
IONIZED CALCIUM -1.23 mmol/L ,
TOTAL CALCIUM - 9.80 mg/dL ,
MAGNESIUM-2.10 mg/dL ,
PHOSPHOROUS - 3.00 mg/dL ,
PARATHYROID HORMONE LEVEL ( ECLIA )- 41.26 pg/mL ,
SERUM IRON 93.00 ug/dl ,
T.I.B.C.- 65 ug/dl,
TRANSFERRIN SATURATION 25.47% ,
SERUM FERRITIN LEVEL-60.37 ng/mL ,
FT3 ( ECLIA)- 3.29 pg/mL ,
FT4 (ECLIA) 1.18 ng/dL ,
T.S.H ( ECLIA) 1.37 uIU/mL.
Please advise me what dose of vitamin D he should have apart from other multi vitamins. at presently he is taking MAG.PHOS. 6X .and VITAMIN D 1000 IU . His symptoms appears to be of CYSTIC FIBROSIS { ? }( recurring lung and sinus infections , ( breathing from mouth ) barrel shaped chest as a result of increased work to breathe , not converting food into the nutrients and low weight . As he is prone to side effects of medicines please advise accordingly and what are the precautions to prevent coronary and vascular calcifications In INDIA VITAMIN D is also available in sachets of 60,000 IU

Vitamin d therapy page
by: Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen!

Please see my page on Vitamin D Therapy.

If your son has had abdominal pain for years, please look into Gluten Intolerance as that is one EXTREMELY likely cause of chronic gastrointestinal problems- even if his doctors have tested him for it and have told you that is NOT the problem, it still very well could be.

Kerri Knox, RN

vitamin D
by: Anonymous

Hello, am 27 years old and I have been feeling very worse the last year I was dizzy no energy and have pain when I breath and my hart .

I go from doctor to doctor and they say you are fine are your test results are fine expect your vitamin d level is 6 and your calcium is 7 .

I live in Iraq as they do not have the vitamin d injection am taking 5.000 IU tablets twice a day and am sitting for ten minuets in the sun .

do I get by that enough vitamin D

thanks

heart palputations
by: Anonymous

Hi, I have tried to take D3 several times at different doses because of deficiency that is now at 26, keeps dropping, but by day 3 the heart palputaions start. I cannot stand it so quit taking it. This happens at the mildest dose. Any suggestions?

Asked and answered
by: Kerri Knox, The Immune System Queen

Please see my page on Heart Palpitations from Vitamin D.

Kerri KNox, RN

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