Hello Mark,

Please tell us:

• What were/are your symptoms?
• What was your measured vitamin D level (with the units)?
• Where do you live (to give us an idea of how much sun you get)?

Vitamin D deficiency can cause quite a bit of pain, even before there is any evidence of bone damage on a scan. This "hypovitaminosis D" can cause joint pain, bone pain and muscle pain.

I was able to increase my vitamin D level, from a borderline low of 55 pmol/L (= 22 ng/mL) to 90 pmol/L, by having sensible sun exposure.

This might be an alternative for you to consider, depending on how severe your deficiency is, where you live, and your lifestyle.

I invite you to read my posts on these two threads:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread41845.html
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread42532.html

Even if you opt not to use sun exposure, you might find something useful in the links that I have provided in the first thread.

Paul