If you are vitamin D deficient, what have you been prescribed?

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I've recently found out that my vitamin D levels are so low that it's not possible to get a reading on them (apparently below 30 doesn't register?) However, when I've collected my prescription they seem a much lower dosage on prescription than what I bought last week in Sainsbury's, and on googling it seems people are taking doses of around 5000iu for similar deficiencies. Do I need to double up? (Picture shows prescription on left and over the counter on the right).

I'm also hoping that you're going to tell me that getting your vit D levels back up transformed your life, helped you drop 2 stone and stopped you feeling 90 years old?

hi mumma ,
yes , that should be excellent. When you get your test results, that is when you will be able to establish your long term requirement. Whether it be 2000 , 3000 or 4000 IU . When or IF you change your dose , then get another test about 3 months later , to find out how you have responded. Once you know your response , to that particular supplementation , then just test maybe once a year, just to check that everything is on track. ( At end of winter or early spring.)

Good luck , let us know how you get on ..!

BTBH.
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Thanks so much BTBH for the link. I’ll check out the website and all the info. Having had cancer once I’m willing to every thing I can to avoid it again. Having vitamin D levels checked next week so hopefully they are good or I’ll up my supplementation further. I currently use the Better You vitamin D spray.

I’m interested to read about Omega 3s too on the website you linked

@Delatron ah that's the one I bought today and I also got calcium and magnesium supps too, let me know how your levels amend!

Ah fab @Mumma1984 I think the spray format is great. I used their iron one too.
Will report back in with iron levels in a few weeks!

Vitamin D levels! Not iron.

Hi Bettertobehealthy.
Sorry to bother you again but I had a couple of questions I have recently thought of.

1. I looked on that NHS link you gave for doing vitamin d testing and I see they don’t test serum calcium. Is this something I am meant to be testing for regularly while on vitamin d supplementation? The serum calcium level? And if I am meant to be checking for the serum calcium, how often, and is there anywhere privately I can I get this tested? The last check at the docs while I was supplementing with vitamin d, for serum calcium was fine.

2. I have read online that some people say we should take co-factors. They say it’s dangerous to not take them while supplementing on vitamin d as could get a build up on calcium in the wrong places. Is this true?? Is it necessary to take co-factors? Some say need to take them with higher doses and some say even with lower doses like 1000IU or even 2000IU the co factors are needed. It’s all a bit confusing. Is it ok just to take vitamin d without co-factors? Where do they get this info from as I haven’t read any literature on it?

Would be good to hear your opinion. Thank you.

Hi Bettertobehealthy.
I just thought of another question which I don’t know if you have any knowledge about, but I thought I would ask anyway....do you know if there is a link between vitamin d deficiency and the perimenopause? I don’t know if I am in perimenopause but I was just wondering if this brings about a deficiency in vitamin d for women who are in perimenopause? Thank you for any feedback.

Hi I'm vitamin defisiant

Hi I been diagnosed with low vit d, it was 15, doc prescribed me 20,000 iu of colecalciferol 1 tablet weekly for 12 weeks, I took them for 4 weeks but they made me so sick, everything else came back normal it was just vit d, I am now taking 800 iu daily, as just cant cope with high dosage tablets