I'll recap in case you don't recall - I had a vitamin D number of 18 and was told to take 1000IU of D3 a day by the doc. YOu explained how that wouldn't get me far and why, so I started taking 4800IU per day for about 8 weeks. Vitamin D was retested and it was 41. The test said 30-100 was normal.

So, not wanting to overdose on it, I cut back the vitamin D suppliment to 2800IU for two weeks, then again to 1800 IU, where it is now.

The vitamin D supplement had eliminated all the nerve pain in my calf. Now that nerve pain has come back a bit. I was wondering what is the largest amount of vitamin D I can take in a supplement per day and not wind up with too much in my system....

I looked up the medicare retesting rules and it says they won't pay for another vitamin d level test for a year after a 'normal' result has been attained.

Much thanks again, Karen