[Black Agnes]

Vitamin D for Influenza:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4463890/

We had BOTH strains PLUS strep at the same time at my house two weeks ago. We got a shot of antibiotics for the strep and took 50K IU of d3 when we got home. We took 10K IU at bedtime and 10K IU again the next morning. Within 36hrs fever and aches were gone. Well, except for where we got the antibiotic shot :P

[Yaelle]

Smart, Agnes. Glad you’re better.

[ConservativeMind]

Excellent catch! Thank you Black Agnes!

[Kalamata]

>>Vitamin D for Influenza:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4463890/
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Just a quick reminder for anyone taking Vitamin D3 (which is wonderful)....remember to take Vitamin K2 with it.

Research the synergistic relationship between D3 and Vitamin K2-(MK-7 type). It is very important that they be taken together to avoid calcium being deposited into joints, if K2 is not also taken with it.

[petitfour]

Wow! Glad you all are better!

[boycott]

I currently have the flu. I just took some vitamin D. Thanks.

[Aria]

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[dsc]

“...took 50K IU of d3 when we got home. We took 10K IU at bedtime and 10K IU again the next morning.”

That seems like a lot. I only take 2K per day.

[Salamander]

Started it several days ago when I felt ‘off’.

[Lera]

[[Vitamin D for Influenza:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4463890/

We had BOTH strains PLUS strep at the same time at my house two weeks ago. We got a shot of antibiotics for the strep and took 50K IU of d3 when we got home. We took 10K IU at bedtime and 10K IU again the next morning. Within 36hrs fever and aches were gone. Well, except for where we got the antibiotic shot :P
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Vitamin D3 keeps you from catching colds and all kinds other things too .

[PA Engineer]

Hi Black Agnes

Remember to add N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine (NAC) to your home stocks. Requires refrigeration for long term storage. I'm using Jarrow Formulas N-A-C Sustain. This is a sustained release formulation. Jarrow is an Israeli firm. These would be hard for children to swallow, however are good for adults. Smaller capsule NAC formulations would be helpful for children, but would require caution and multiple dosing.

NAC is a life saver especially in preventing an immune Cytokine storm.

[TexasCruzin]

Vitamin D for Influenza

Gerry Schwalfenberg, MD CCFP FCFP
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4463890/

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.

[Ladysmith]

This is my second weekend with this flu. The worse part is all the coughing. Just worn out from it all.

[S.O.S121.500]

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[Thibodeaux]

Interesting.....

Your testimony is that on coming home from the doctor with flu you took one dose of 50k units of d3 and that alleviated the flu symptoms.

Did I get that right?

I am a fan of D3 and take the 50K units in 7k daily doses during the season.

This is a very interesting set of facts. Did the Dr give you any thing?

Did you take D3 previously?

[Balding_Eagle]

What’s IU?