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Vitamin D side effects?

Healthy Living | Last Active: Aug 9 3:59pm | Replies (16)
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The recommended daily allowance for vitamin D is 4000 IU per day. I take two seizure medications both of which cause vitamin B and D to metabolize at a faster rate thereby lowering my levels. Initially I took 6000 IU per day until my levels where were the doctor wanted them to be?. Then lowered them to 2000 IU but my level continued to drop so she currently has me on 3000 IU per day. Admittedly people have different needs but you should ask your doctor to check your level. Although most need to supplement there's no since in taking more than your body needs.
Are you taking any medication that interferes with vitamin D?
Also you should take vitamin K with vitamin D.
Take care,
Jake

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thisismarilynb | @thisismarilynb | Aug 9 3:59pm

The amount of D3 I take was recommended by my doctor as I refuse to take the medication they want me to take for osteoporosis. Additionally I do take K-D. The only other medications I take are amlodipine and Losartan for high blood pressure. They first started me on losinapril but I had an anaphalactic shock to that one but luckily they got me into ICU and so I didn't die. I do not do well with drugs. Perhaps the reason I have lived so long is because I refuse to take most drugs . I will be 90 next month and that kind of scares me because the end is near. But I do not have anything major wrong with me. As you can see I do not have dementia. I live alone with the help of a housekeeper every 3 weeks and a gardener once a month. I can still drive and do, even on I-10. I just stay on the right and factor in the time that I might get behind a slow moving truck. My husband died three years ago and I miss him dreadfully. We were married for 59 years and together for 62. So life does not have a lot of meaning for me now. I have lived a long time and hopefully when the end comes it will be peaceful.

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