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Taking Calcium without D supplementation

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Oct 27, 2025 | Replies (28)

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@bswpb - My doctor says my surplus must be from my diet except I do not eat Vitamin D rich foods. I am just concerned as to why my D is so high but my doctor is not responding to that concern.

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@busymomof7 what some doctor's consider very high might not be the same as others. I have learned this about a lot of things over the years. At one point my Vitamin D was in the 60's ng/ml and the functional medicine doctor I was seeing was happy with that. Other doctors not so much! Was it very high more than once? I was a lab tech and some times the testing method has an issue and results were not correct.

@busymomof7 keep asking and researching.

@busymomof7 what was your vitamin D level that they considered high? To my knowledge, the only side effects of a vitamin D level > 75 is what’s called milk alkali syndrome which can lead to kidney stones .

Levels over 150 can cause vitamin D toxicity which is very rare, usually from taking way too much vitamin D. It causes high blood calcium levels which is very serious. I’ve never seen it.

I did read about a case where an elderly woman misread directions and toook 50,000 IU per day for over a month. She had no adverse outcomes.

@buhow high is it? Above 100ng/ML is not good, can be toxic.