BEWARE of Most Prescription Vitamin D Supplements!

re: BEWARE of Most Prescription Vitamin D Supplements!

cnurczyk754 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:53:47 GMT

I RECENTLY UNDERWENT TREATMENT FOR VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY. I WAS PRESCRIBED 50,000I.U. ONE PER WEEK, FOR 8 WEEKS, RETESTED, AND WENT BACK ON FOR 8 MORE WEEKS. AFTER THE 9TH WEEK I BEGAN TO HAVE HORRIBLE MUSCLE PROBLEMS. WEAKNESS, STRANGE SENSATIONS LIKE PULLING, STRAIN, HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DESCRIBE IT. WHEN I ASKED MY PCP IF I WAS HAVING AN OVERDOSE TOXIC REACTION, WAS TOLD NO. I WENT OFF THE SUPLIMENT FOR ONE WEEK, AND BEGAN TO FEEL BETTER, UNTIL THE NEXT WEEKEND, THIS PAST WEEKEND, I SPENT TIME IN THE SUN, CHOSE VITAMIN D FOODS,AND MADE AN EFFORT TO TAKE MY REGULAR VITAMINS, CALCIUM PLUS D, ETC. BY SUNDAY MORNING, IN THE SUN ON MY PATIO, MY MUSCLES DID THE SAME THING ALL OVER AGAIN, AND LASTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. IS THIS POSSIBLE?

re: BEWARE of Most Prescription Vitamin D Supplements!

DDS_203 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:14:25 GMT

Thanks baltoboy, very interesting...good link.

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lucylucy — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:53:29 GMT

I recently came across this Blog on why D2 is not inferior to D3. I do believe that the animal source should be better, but if anyone has any thought of how to respond to this information, let me know. Thanks.

http://torihudson.com/?p=58

re: BEWARE of Most Prescription Vitamin D Supplements!

feather319 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:15:56 GMT

I am chronically low on Vit D even after I take a D3 supplement and use cod liver oil daily - alond with a multivitamin. The doctors are precribing me a D2. Should I be wary of it?

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Robubba — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:07:21 GMT

I'm agreeing with awahmplanet, The milk ingredient list says that it is fortified with D3, not just vitamin D.

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awahmplanet — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:20:02 GMT

With regard to this statement "In case you didn't know, the vitamin D that is added to milk is NOT D3 but the highly inferior vitamin D2.", the milk in our household is produced by Morning Glory and the label indicates D3.