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Originally Posted by silverfae
Hello all,
In December of last year, I went to a rheumatologist because my GP felt I had symptoms of an autoimmune disorder (chronic low grade temp, high sed rate and crp) and when I went to him he ran a bunch of blood tests including vitamin D - everything came out basically normal except that my Vitamin D was 14 ng/mL so they put me on 50,000 iU D2 once per week for 12 weeks. I just had my levels rechecked and they are now 12 ng/mL, so my gp's solution (I am not set to see the rheumatologist again until mid June) was to prescribe me 5 more weeks worth of D2. I don't understand why my levels are so low considering that I spend several hours a day outside and am fair skinned and fairly forgetful about using sunblock as judiciously as it should be used. Should I try a D3 supplement, or am I just...I don't know, broken in some way? =P
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You need Vitamin D3 from the sun, 20 min a day with 40% skin exposure will give you about 10,000 IU depending on weight and other factors. Take a look at this *edit*, I have posted from several different sources about D3. Do your research on the deficiency of Vitamin D3 and B12. Most Doctors are not up to date on the new study's about Vitamin D3