Help, My Vitamin D Level is 6 !

by Patricia
(Madison, MS)

Low vitamin d levels of 6 ng/ml

by Seema
(Portland, OR)

Two months ago, went to the doctor because i was having a lot of body muscle and bone pain. Dr. ran some tests for lupus, RA, vitamin d etc. Everything came back normal except my vit d which was severely deficient at 6 ng/ml when the normal range is supposed to be between 30 - 100 ng/ml. I was put on high dose prescription supplements of 50,000 iu/week. I started taking them with 1000 mg calcium supplements which also had 1600 iu D3 every day....so I was basically on about 8600 iu's per day for the last 9 weeks

After 9 weeks, went for a blood test to retest the vit d levels. What i forgot to mention to the dr. was the morning of the re-test i had taken a dose of 50,000 iu and the blood test was done in the afternoon. My levels went up from 6 ng/ml to 64 ng/ml!!! I was not expecting them to go up so high. I have a feeling they went up that high because i had taken a high dose just that morning. The reason i went to the dr int he first place was because of the body pain. The pain has subsided a little bit but it is not gone. I still feel it everyday. If my levels were really that high now, shouldn't i have started feeling better?

The Dr. has asked me to stop taking the high dose supplemetns and just take 1000iu D3 from now on. One other qs i have is can rib pain be caused by vitamin d deficiency? I constantly have pain on the sides of my chest, breast or what feels like the rib cage? I have been on supplements now for almost 12 weeks but pain is still there. Nowadays i also get tired easily and feel sleepy sometimes in the middle of the day. How long can it take for the pain to go away? Thanks!

Seema

Is this Enough Vitamin D for a Level of 6?

by Sana
(KSA)

My Vitamin D level is 6 , no known other medical problems, the doctor prescribed me Vitamin D drops as 20 drops daily for one month then 10 drops later on..is it enough or should I use the Cod liver oil caps too ?

My vitamin D is a 6

by Joyce
(Ohio)

My vitamin D is a 6 and my doctor prescribed me the 50,000 ui a week but I want to take the 5000 d-3 instead (you have a lot of good info here and thank you for that).

My blood was tested for quite a few things, and the only thing the doctor found was a vitamin D being a 6. I do have Psoriasis which is something that runs in my family but it is new for me, I will admit I am a home person who hardly gets out in the sun.


I don't remember everything my doctor checked for but the ones I do remember is the liver, thyroid, kidneys, arthritis were all good....he said the only thing they could find from the multiple blood test was the D being low.


Can I take 1 5000 d-3 a day? Will that help? I did already buy it (because of your site) It is a year supply.



Thank you