Vitamin D Levels Low Low!! What!! HELP!! | Arthritis Information

I recently went and had my vitamin D level check. Doc didn't put what the levels were but I'm thinking they were really, really low. I have been taking about 1000 IUs a day thinking that would help. Within the lab results there was a prescriptions. Get this she wants me to take 50,000 IUs for 8 weeks. WHAT THE HELL!! Anyone on this Forum ever took that much. Granted I live in the Pacific Northwest with 3 months of sun and I am African-American. Then on top of that she wants me to take Vitamin D3. What is that? I have never heard of vitamin D3.

Can someone out there give me some insight on this?

RA: 13 years

Dx. 1996

Meds. Orencia, Folic Acid, Prednisone, Boniva,

There have been several articles linked too recently about Vitamin D. I am sorry that I cannot provide you with a list, but it is thunder and lightening and I need to close this machine.

Check out http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitamind.asp for some pertinent information.

Cheers, Shug
[QUOTE=your2smart]I recently went and had my vitamin D level check. Doc didn't put what the levels were but I'm thinking they were really, really low. I have been taking about 1000 IUs a day thinking that would help. Within the lab results there was a prescriptions. Get this she wants me to take 50,000 IUs for 8 weeks. WHAT THE HELL!! Anyone on this Forum ever took that much. Granted I live in the Pacific Northwest with 3 months of sun and I am African-American. Then on top of that she wants me to take Vitamin D3. What is that? I have never heard of vitamin D3. Shug is right..

I had a course of 50,000 for four weeks.. once a week when my level of D was at 4!!

very low.

You will feel alot better getting this vitamin up to optimum levels...... I felt a great change in pain levels....