I pretty much do the Vitamin D hammer whenever I get something viral and I take a lot of Vit D (plus K) on a regular basis.
People with low Vit D levels did not fare well with COVID.
Vitamin D for Influenza
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4463890/
From link:
The Institute of Medicine recommendation for adults younger than 70 years of age is 600 IU of vitamin D daily. We are told that this would achieve a level of 50 nmol/L in greater than 97.5% of individuals.6 Regrettably, a statistical error has resulted in erroneous recommendations by the Institute of Medicine leading to this conclusion and it might actually take 8800 IU of vitamin D to achieve this level in 97.5% of the population.7 This is a serious public health blunder.
A colleague of mine and I have introduced vitamin D at doses that have achieved greater than 100 nmol/L in most of our patients for the past number of years, and we now see very few patients in our clinics with the flu or influenzalike illness. In those patients who do have influenza, we have treated them with the vitamin D hammer, as coined by my colleague. This is a 1-time 50 000 IU dose of vitamin D3 or 10 000 IU 3 times daily for 2 to 3 days. The results are dramatic, with complete resolution of symptoms in 48 to 72 hours. One-time doses of vitamin D at this level have been used safely and have never been shown to be toxic.8 We urgently need a study of this intervention. The cost of vitamin D is about a penny for 1000 IU, so this treatment costs less than a dollar.
I agree on the Vitamin D.. I two a day, daily! I believe mine are 5,000 IU each.
Did not know you can take up to 50,000 IU during flu!
Thanks for posting. I have been taking 5000 IU ( w/K2) per day for a few years now.