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Originally Posted by NeuroNixed Craig
Thanks for resurrecting this thread on Vitamin D because it is timely for me.
My wife has low Vitamin D and suffers from malaise, body fatigue, heavy limbs, and that "just not right bad feeling." She is now on a weekly OTC Vitamin D supplement in addition to a prescribed Vitamin D monthly.
My labs from April show a Vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy (?) level of 27.3 with a standard range of 32.0 - 100.0. My doctor has asked that I start taking an OTC Vitamin D supplement of 1000 iu daily. All other labs are well in line for normal.
Is this the same thing you are all discussing? What happens with a low Vitamin D level any way?
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Please read the link Kitty gave above to my Vit D thread.
The RX version of D is D2 and is not very useful. Doctors still prescribe it but it just doesn't work. YOu need D3 OTC which is the active form to see any improvements and results. The D2 is a historical hold over from the past when D3 was not discovered.
D2 comes from plants and is not used by the body much. Doctors are not keeping up on this fact, and only are good for testing these days.
The rule today is 1000IU D3 to raise you 10 pts. Your target should be 50-70ng/ml. So if you are in the 30's you need 2000IU daily of D3. Get tested in 3 mons and adjust accordingly.
You are wasting precious time using the RX D2.
My thread has the new research and medical videos on this subject. So to see what benefits you can expect..the video from Univ. Medical School of Calif San Diego, and has the answers to that.
One of the most obvious is that you won't catch so many viruses and colds/flu. The other benefits are neurological among other things.
I'd also recommend you get a B12 test, since you cannot feel your toes when you cut your nails. In the same way, doctors report "normal" for very low ranges... which is no longer accurate. You should have at least 400 in US for your results. Anything lower needs supplements.
Here is the Medical link for doctors--(many have not learned this yet) from 2003... to correctly treat low B12 patients:
http://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/0301/p979.html
Low B12 impacts the entire nervous system, causing CNS effects similar to MS and peripheral neuropathies. It is very common in the elderly.
Medical doctors in US report "normal" for low B12 and Vit D because the lab ranges on the reports are OLD and no longer acceptable. A person can have significant neurological damage from B12 readings in the 200 or below range (which appears as "normal" on reports still).
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