Question:
Why is 50,000 prescribed once a week,instead
of 7000 units per day?
Does the body store
the surplus and release it daily into the
body?
Answer:
Vitamin D is a Fat soluble Vitamin and it does, indeed, store it up and ‘time release’ the Vitamin D into the body.
HOWEVER, the Vitamin D that your doctor is prescribing you is Vitamin D 2 and not the superior form of Vitamin D that you can get at your drugstore, Vitamin D3! Researchers have stated, “Vitamin D2 should
not be regarded as a nutrient suitable for supplementation or
fortification.”
But if you are taking Vitamin D3 (NOT Prescription Vitamin D), you do not even need to take Vitamin D as often as once a week. Many studies have been done on vitamin D showing that giving at much as 300,000 IU’s and up to 600,000 IU’s of Vitamin D at a time ONLY ONCE is sufficient for 3 to 6 months of treatment! In many places, they will give 600,000 IU’s of Vitamin D once YEARLY to the elderly in nursing homes to simply PREVENT vitamin D deficiency.
So, while I’m happy that you are being treated for your Vitamin D deficiency, you may want to speak to your doctor about getting on Vitamin D 3 Supplements instead of your Prescription Vitamin D2 Supplements that your doctor gave you!
Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Health Queen
Functional Medicine Practitioner
Easy Immune Health.com
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