Vitamin D FAQ :) - Page 9

cobluegirl · 02-26-2013, 10:36 AM

yes you want d3. the highest dosage I have found is from vitacost. it is a 10,000 IU pill.

tracierowe · 02-26-2013, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by cobluegirl

yes you want d3. the highest dosage I have found is from vitacost. it is a 10,000 IU pill.

Thank you. Do we know how much D3 he should take to start with to get his levels back up?

Rabbit · 02-26-2013, 10:55 AM

There is a new piece out on how unreliable OTC vit D labels are. They can vary dramatically from the listed dose. We got the best results from the D2 script.

cobluegirl · 02-26-2013, 11:14 AM

Rabbit..... do you have a link?

Tracie did the dr not prescribe a dosage?

tracierowe · 02-26-2013, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by cobluegirl

Rabbit..... do you have a link?

Tracie did the dr not prescribe a dosage?

The dr rx'd the dosage for D2, but the pharmacist said the 50,000iu of D2 would not equate to the same dosage of D3.

3PeasInAPod · 02-26-2013, 01:50 PM

I saw it on the news. All I can find online is this:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...eling/1909603/

It says it was a JAMA Internal Medicine article. But I can't find it on their website.

In the news piece they identified companies who had certain inspections done were found to have the amounts listed most of the time.

FaithnPraise · 02-27-2013, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by 3PeasInAPod

I saw it on the news. All I can find online is this:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...eling/1909603/

It says it was a JAMA Internal Medicine article. But I can't find it on their website.

In the news piece they identified companies who had certain inspections done were found to have the amounts listed most of the time.

I hunted it down, it's on their "online first" page so it hasn't been published in the print journal yet (at least that's how I understood it).

DancingWithElves · 03-01-2013, 09:16 PM

some of this is just supplement 101: the amount of active ingredient *always* varies, that is normal. there are acceptable degrees of variability

however, it is of concern, when we find only half the amount, or worse, twice the expected amount!

a few problems with their article: who are the manufacturers? i understand they don't want to tell. but you know, Dollar Tree makes vitmin D now. and so does walgreens. and so does vitacost. and so does carlon's. this is a great reminder to know your manufacturer

and finally, I highly recommend skipping pills altogether and getting oil-based vit D3.

02-26-2013, 10:36 AM	#121
cobluegirl Rose Garden never be afraid of who you were meant to be Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 43,819	Re: Vitamin D FAQ :) yes you want d3. the highest dosage I have found is from vitacost. it is a 10,000 IU pill. __________________ T4/1 ISTJ Enneagram 9 Ds-T4/2 Dd1-T1/4 Dd2-T2/1 The greatest challenge for most of us is believing that we are worthy now, right this minute. Worthiness doesn't have prerequisites. ~Brene Brown "The Gifts of Imperfection"[/CENTER]

02-26-2013, 10:55 AM	#123
Rabbit Deactivated You know how we say, "It works both ways!" Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the Neighborhood Posts: 39,704	Re: Vitamin D FAQ :) There is a new piece out on how unreliable OTC vit D labels are. They can vary dramatically from the listed dose. We got the best results from the D2 script.

02-26-2013, 11:14 AM	#124
cobluegirl Rose Garden never be afraid of who you were meant to be Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 43,819	Re: Vitamin D FAQ :) Rabbit..... do you have a link? Tracie did the dr not prescribe a dosage? __________________ T4/1 ISTJ Enneagram 9 Ds-T4/2 Dd1-T1/4 Dd2-T2/1 The greatest challenge for most of us is believing that we are worthy now, right this minute. Worthiness doesn't have prerequisites. ~Brene Brown "The Gifts of Imperfection"[/CENTER]

02-26-2013, 01:50 PM	#126
3PeasInAPod Deactivated Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: pnw Posts: 8,571	Re: Vitamin D FAQ :) I saw it on the news. All I can find online is this: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...eling/1909603/ It says it was a JAMA Internal Medicine article. But I can't find it on their website. In the news piece they identified companies who had certain inspections done were found to have the amounts listed most of the time.

03-01-2013, 09:16 PM	#128
DancingWithElves Rose Garden Blissed out in the January sun Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: that perfect place :) Posts: 11,701	Re: Vitamin D FAQ :) some of this is just supplement 101: the amount of active ingredient always varies, that is normal. there are acceptable degrees of variability however, it is of concern, when we find only half the amount, or worse, twice the expected amount! a few problems with their article: who are the manufacturers? i understand they don't want to tell. but you know, Dollar Tree makes vitmin D now. and so does walgreens. and so does vitacost. and so does carlon's. this is a great reminder to know your manufacturer and finally, I highly recommend skipping pills altogether and getting oil-based vit D3. __________________ ~I r e n e~ sweet and sassy wife, mama, healer, part-time dragon-slayer the worst PM answerer ever my belongs to the babywearing 'Architect' Dancing with my three Magical Elves Smiles the Stampede Sugar Plump & Double Dimples Kissing each elf 1,000,000 times a day, and when there's time left tracking gnomes, singing folk songs on the porch, befriending dragonflies, and bopping sun-frosted 'fros through the dandelion fields.

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