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15 years 10 months ago #5289 by Sandi
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My Vitamin D level is still low - 29.6, so I'm back on 50,000 IU's for six weeks. I have a feeling this won't do much either. It didn't the last time. What's up with that?

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15 years 10 months ago #5306 by server
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I'm not good at knowing this stuff at all, and I'm sure you've already thought about this but here goes anyway! I know that some vitamins you have to take with other vitamins for them to be absorbed properly. I dunno. Just a thought.
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:26
Blessings,
gretchen

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15 years 10 months ago #5411 by Melinda
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So once the 6 weeks is up what happens? Do you drop to a lower dose, get tested again, what?

What is the norm low for your lab?

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15 years 10 months ago #5431 by Sandi
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I'm supposed to get retested. The low norm is 30 and I was at 29.6, but the high end of the range is something like 120, so I have a loooong way to go. The doctor and I both agreed that I should at least get to 50 considering the long-term steroid use.

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15 years 10 months ago #5436 by Melinda
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My lab range is 30-100. In the past year I have gone from 30 to 44 with 1000 IUs a day - MD feels that is fine for me.

Hope yours comes up - if so then will he keep you on this dose or lower it or ?

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15 years 10 months ago #5472 by Sandi
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I'm not sure. The 50,000 IU's I took for 12 weeks last year didn't do much, so I don't know what it's going to do this time. I also take 800 IU's daily plus Calcium with 400 IU's of D - it doesn't help either.

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15 years 10 months ago #5488 by Melinda
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I take Caltrate + D Plus Minerals calcium 2x a day so that is 400 IUs x2 - and take the 1000 IUs of D3 1x a day.

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