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06-08-2009, 04:25 PM
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I am sure this has been covered here before, but when I searched Vitamin D I could not find any guidelines regarding normal levels. I was dx with moderate to severe osteopenia last week. I just received a call regarding my vitamin D bloodwork and they said it was low. When I asked them what that meant, the number they gave me was 20. Researching it on google was not alot of help -- different numbers for different sites. My bloodwork for vitamin D two years ago came back as normal.
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06-08-2009, 05:07 PM
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I've tried looking it up, too, Barb and cannot find much in the way of guidelines. There's not even a recommended dosage for it (that I could find).
I'd put the ball back in my doctor's court.....and make them give you some guidance in this. Not just tell you "your levels are low" and leave it to you to figure it out. That's what you pay them for. I've read alot about vitamin D being helpful in the treatment of MS. It'd be nice to know what dosage is optimal.
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06-08-2009, 05:40 PM
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Both my pcp and gyno have told me to take 1000 iu's per day. I started taking that dosage a few weeks ago. I am waiting to see if my neuro has a different opinion.
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06-08-2009, 06:39 PM
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I searched medline plus values for vitamin D:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...569.htm#Normal Values My PCP also prescribed 1000 iu's daily for me as well. Hope this guideline proves helpful for you.
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06-08-2009, 07:07 PM
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Jim's is 24 and I was told normal is 30 and over. He's on a low dose of D3 per his spinal cord doctor, 400 iu's a day and he'll be checked later on to see if the numbers changed at all. We'll also be seeing his neuro on the 22nd to discuss if that is enough.
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06-08-2009, 09:59 PM
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The doctors at Johns Hopkins told me that normal was between 20-100. Obviously, 20 is on the low side.
I tested at 6.  ~Keri |
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