Vitamin D3

[Inforthelonghaul]

A friend has told me they are taking D3 drops daily to make up for not being outside more. I have read a little about it and it seems like a good idea. I have found some drops on Amazon that are a daily dose of 25mcg but it says they are not for under 18s. I don’t really have the money to be buying more than one so does anyone more knowledgeable than me know if this dose would be ok for a 10 year old weighing 40kg?

I'd see if you can see anything online rather than ask random people off the internet. See if the NHS website says anything about it as a starting point - they list vitamins and give information about them. Look for information from a reputable source, not strangers, especially when it involves something like this.

I am giving my 9 year old half that dose. I think that 25 mcg is too much for this age.

Maybe cod liver oil. ?
Most kids vits have less than the 10micrograms.
There are some 10microgram drops but dont think the y probably taste very nice

OP if two adults were using them you would get through twice the amount so you would get through the same amount in half the time.

Buy specific kids ones for your child and if you can only afford to buy one theirs first as they are growing.

Wouldnt it be better to just take him for a walk and get a bit of sunshine?

I got this for my kids. 2 sprays = 10ug which is the recommended amount for kids over age 1.

I take 25ug

NHS advises 10ug for adults and children over age 1. (Maximum dose for adults is 100ug)

Kid specific ones sometimes have added sweeteners and flavourings.

Vitamin D can be given in a weekly or twice weekly dose.

NHS website suggested 10ug for all those over 1 year old so you could give a 25ug dose (if that is one drop) every two to three days.

I take a vitamin D spray under the tongue once every few days - does help and definitely did get blood vitamin D levels up

Thank you I did try and research online but there is a lot of conflicting information and it doesn’t help that different units of measurement are used which make comparisons harder. Also what is recommended is very different on many sites to what is deemed safe or even preferable and I have read many threads with people saying they have taken far more than the daily recommendations. My daughter is vegetarian which means apparently that she could be more deficient than us so I was just looking for advice. I like the idea of just giving it a couple of times a week as that would work well for now.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-d/

NHS says 10ug which equals 400IU
My 25ug equals 1000IU
My kids take 10ug

Maximum dose advised for adults is 100ug or 4000IU

I'm pro vitamin D supplements. But is she getting out in the sunshine in the middle of the day? That would be immediately beneficial.

Yes, I think sunshine is much healthier than taking a supplement.

There was a thread about this quite recently where those of us who’ve been prescribed it after blood tests all compared our loading doses, they were all enormously over the recommended dosage but varied a lot. That’s where the huge doses you’re seeing are coming from. The thing is if you are actually deficient at this point you would need a loading dose and you won’t be able to work out what that should be.

I wouldn't go taking huge doses without knowing current levels. Stay within the limits given on the nhs website

Indian study out today, 176 covid 19 patients (previously checked serum levels).

Same findings as the New Orleans, Indonesian and Philippines studies:

100% of critical patients less than 75 years old had Vitamin D insufficiency

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3593258

file:///C:/Users/User/Downloads/SSRN-id3593258.pdf

I'm just giving my kids the haribo multi vitamins I git from boots

Ok so 100 percent of patients had low level vitamin d...but that doesnt necessarily mean they were critical because if that does it? Surely there are lots more factors in the mix?

Study I read said if you are deficient, after a significant loading dose to bring blood serum concentration to acceptable levels, those in the study needed a 3000 to 4000 iu daily dosage to maintain at recommended blood levels. I have been taking 4000 a day for 2 months and am now dropping to 3000iu (note this is not mcg)

@TabbyMumzTabbyMumz

Ok so 100 percent of patients had low level vitamin d...but that doesnt necessarily mean they were critical because if that does it? Surely there are lots more factors in the mix?

UK - second highest death rate (per million) in the world

20 years of evidence.
Have a look at equatorial/southern hemisphere nations, they have very very very small death tolls:

www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

3 further blood studies and papers from UK universities

medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.24.20075838v1
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3585561
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3571484
dropbox.com/s/ka7h4fbi7xdz9s9/Covid-19%20and%20Vitamin%20D%20Information.pdf?dl=0
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/apt.15777

All the info is being completely ignored

"All the info is being completely ignored"
Yes, but is it being ignored for a reason? Ie in that maybe the stats arent right, or they think it's not relevant?

Assuming your DC is going out every day, they should be getting enough vitamin D from the sunshine (it's been lovely and diet). If you really do feel it's the best thing to do despite the good weather, it might be worth checking with the pharmacist at somewhere like Boots and they can recommend something suitable.

Taking vitamin D might be the way to go for many in the winter, unless they're certain they get enough from their diet and are out every day for a reasonable amount of time.

@TabbyMumz

Have you read a single word from the hospital data ?
Clinical studies are undertaken on 1000s of patients over months and you disagree with them all?

@TabbyMumz

You are disagreeing with the medical profession

tweet from a doctor on the frontline:
twitter.com/EHermstad/status/1256411118945185793

I'm just doubting the authenticity of these studies or links, as surely if the medical profession really thought there was anything in it, theyd have us all topping up. And they arent?