Vitamin D3, what dose do you take?

I take 1000 iu/25ug a day - when I remember i.e. about five times a week. I started taking it at the beginning of Covid as I heard that it helped with immunity.

I have noticed that my nails are stronger and my mood has improved.

On a side note about taking too much. I read that magnesium was supposed to help you to sleep. I started taking magnesium tablets (can't remember the dose, just some over the counter ones). I was also putting Epsom salts in the bath. A few months later I had an unrelated blood test. It came back saying my calcium levels were high!! I stopped taking it.

I take 1000IU every 2 days.

It’s a page dedicated to Vit D and I also take advice from other sources, too. The NHS recommended dose is still to prevent rickets I believe. I also watch DrJohn Campbells utube channel that advises on Vit D doses and he has a lot of qualified people giving advice. Dr Fauci in America takes 6,000 in a day I believe, and he’s quite a small man. I agree that we all need to research what we take but government/ WHO advice ( hand washing at the start of the pandemic being enough, mask wearing being a waste of time etc ) has often been proved to be incorrect.

Oh my goodness please don’t take recommendations on medical issues from Facebook.
The NHS website is trustworthy but please everybody remember micrograms and milligrams are very different measurements, 1 milligram equals 1000 micrograms so huge overdoses are possible if you mix them up.

The Facebook page I’m on recommends 10,000 in a day but I’m sticking to 4,000. I wish I could have a blood test to find out what my level is. It’s supposed to protect against MS as well but also helps people that are suffering from it.

As said up thread we take in up to 15,000ius with a day in the sun here.
Black skin regulates that absorption to 15,000 in Africa. Its pointing to a higher dose being useful. Although not every day granted.
As Maybe said K2 and vit d3 together is the best option according to the expertss

If you take K2 it prevents calcification. I don’t know if it’s just a coincidence but all of my family have been taking VitD throughout the pandemic and those that have had covid have had it quite mildly. The dose recommended by the government is just to prevent rickets. It isn’t a vitamin as such but a hormone and almost every part of the body needs it.

Vit D has been prescribed and delivered to all those who are either shielding or on the most vulnerable list here in Scotland since the start of the pandemic .I know my late MIL got it and my OH does .

Yes Growstuff it’s the calcification inside the body that worries me, so I think I’ll just stick to the standard one a day multivitamins and minerals for the 50+!

BlueSky

I’m still not sure on self medicating on Vit D, as in my days it was one of the vitamins you could get too much of, as it’s stored in the body, not like the B/C Vits that are water soluble. Still different story if prescribed by consultant.

Yes, it is possible to take too much VitD. At extremely high doses, it's toxic, but even at lower doses, it can result in a build up of calcium in the body, which causes problems.

I’m still not sure on self medicating on Vit D, as in my days it was one of the vitamins you could get too much of, as it’s stored in the body, not like the B/C Vits that are water soluble. Still different story if prescribed by consultant.

MissAdventure

You would need regular blood tests to know if it was helping anything, unless it was something like hairloss, where you could see an improvement yourself.

Does anyone really think that if the government could get us all to buy vit D and it would prevent covid then they wouldn't take that option?

No. No money to be made out of it ( and I’m not into conspiracy theories, either). Everyone I know that works fir the NHS has been taking it since the start of the pandemic. I now take K2 and magnesium with it as well, though. Dr John was a bit late advocating the taking of K2 so I’ve just taken it every so often., but now taking it every day. Still not sure of the dose. Read that 100mcg daily is the correct dose but I’ve got a spray K2 that is 180ug.

As prescribed by my doctor, one file of a liquid dose of
Cholecalciferol 100 000UI/2 once a month

I take 5000iu twice a day on the advice of my specialist, I have an auto immune condition that affects my joints quiet badly. I'm tested every six months with a battery of tests and they always come back fine. I feel ok and always have to be fair, I don't get colds etc but never have. My joints are still deteriorating though.

I take one per day, as it says on the label. Each one contains
25 ug.. ug is what it looks like through the magnifyng glass.
I have no idea what ug is.

I take one tablet a day , it says it is 25g 1000 iu, my nails have stopped splitting .
I started taking vit D3 to help my thinning hair , but it hasn’t done anything yet ?

hit = hot

I gather from Dr Campbells video, that a pale skinned person exposed to a day in the sun in the Northern hemisphere, will absorb on average 15,000iu of vit d3. A Somalian in the hit sun of Africa, also 15,000.
Its interesting that both skin colours regulate to the same ratio, isnt it?
I suppose that means that we have evolved to take in that much because our bodies need that level.

Rosie51 I was reading that collagen helps with hair growth.

Been taking it for years.

I started with 3000 but now say the past 3-4 years 4000

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I was recommended to take 3000 by the Consultant who diagnosed me with Burning Mouth Syndrome - it's in spray form so really easy to take, but to be honest in 2 months I've noticed no improvement.

Yes, mine was low, but it took over a year for it to be tested.
I had hoped it would answer so many health related issues, but alas, nope.
Still as bald as a coot.
After prescribing a massive "loading dose" I was told to buy my own, and that they wouldn't test again.

MissAdventure

You would need regular blood tests to know if it was helping anything, unless it was something like hairloss, where you could see an improvement yourself.

Does anyone really think that if the government could get us all to buy vit D and it would prevent covid then they wouldn't take that option?

It's not that it will prevent Covid, but that vitamin D is indicated in supporting our immune response which may help if you are infected with the virus.
As the blood test for vitamin D levels is expensive few will ever get it done on the NHS.

Namsnanny

Is there Rosie51? I looked under Health but didnt find it. I have looked it up on youtube though.

Namsnanny It's on the Coronavirus forum which is why I didn't see it initially.

I am prescribed a calcium and D3 medication because cancer treatment put me into osteopenia. I didn't notice any physical changes. Since I've increased my vitamin D to a much higher level (and I do take K2 supplements too) I've noticed my lifelong soft weak nails are much stronger, and I've not had a cold or any other illness for the entirety of this pandemic. I've no doubt mask wearing and social distancing have been a big factor, but even mixing with grandchildren (usually a good source of 'germs') hasn't brought anything to me. This is purely anecdotal but I'll be continuing. Now if somebody could tell me how to get my chemo loss bald patches to regrow I'd be like a pig in muck