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To: ConservativeMind

“Oral vitamin D is a safe and readily available over-the-counter nutritional supplement with anti-inflammatory and immunoprotective properties, while boasting no adverse effects,”

It is possible to overdo Vitamin D. An autoimmune disease was reducing my D level to zero so I was being given 50,000 units a week. Not a problem while the disease was active.

When the disease went into remission the docs told me to take D supplements on my own but they didn’t specify how much. Sometimes I’d take 2,000 units a day, sometimes 5,000.

I’d been taking 5,000 a day before my last blood panel and when the doc got the report she said “What the hell are you doing? Your Vitamin D and Calcium levels are off the chart!” An excessively high level of D causes your blood calcium level to get too high and that can damage your bones and your kidneys. So if you are going to take high doses of D you’d be wise to get your levels tested.


4 posted on 02/16/2023 8:58:03 PM PST by Pelham (Never Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley)
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To: Pelham

With respect to excess calcium brought about by taking vitamin D3, my suggestion is to search YouTube and the Internet for information about taking vitamin K-2 MK-7 along with your vitamin D3. Some argue that the K-2 MK-7 helps move the excess calcium to your bones. Review what you find with your doctor as I did with mine. I am no MD and have never worked in the medical field, but your doctor should be able to evaluate what you find.

You might also watch Dr John Campbell on YouTube. He is a British PhD Nurse who has trained nurses. Here is a link to one of his daily YouTube videos about Vitamin D3 and read the comments people make about each of his videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5sc7G4s4CY&t=19s


5 posted on 02/16/2023 9:48:01 PM PST by rustbucket
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It is called Hypercalcemia and actually leaches calcium out of your bones and deposits it into your bloodstream. I found out the hard way as you apparently did. It is the same material found in rat/mice poison and is the mechanism of their death. My symptom was whole bone pain, a finger bone on my left hand and my right thigh bone. I thought what the hell is going on. The 50,000 unit “hammer” is more destructive than some doctors realize. My personal limit is 4,000 units without ill effects.


7 posted on 02/16/2023 10:27:26 PM PST by OftheOhio (never could dance but always could fight - Romeo company)
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To: Pelham
An excessively high level of D causes your blood calcium level to get too high and that can damage your bones and your kidneys. So if you are going to take high doses of D you’d be wise to get your levels tested.

Take Vitamin K along with the D3 and K2 together - that regulates the calcium where it should be going (to your bones) instead of where you don't want it (in your arteries and other unwanteds).

Here's a good book on the subject:

High Dose Vitamin D Therapy

10 posted on 02/17/2023 9:44:13 AM PST by GaltMeister (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.)
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