Neuropathy and other strange symptoms

I am Vreadifegary´s mother:
She had to increase her dose of carbamazepine at 2 pills in breackfast, 1 pill in the afternoon and 1 at night. Also she started to take Prednizone 20 mg, 1 pill/5 days. Can she take vitamine D3-5000 iu, mark 21 st Century in a dose of one pill at lunch? She has generalized osteoporosis.
Have a good day and thank you for help my daughter.

Hello Vreadifegary´s mother @vradifegari -- I have no medical training or background so I am not able to give advice on taking medications or supplements. I can share my own personal experience. One of the vitamins I take is D3 5000 iu capsules. I take one in the morning and one in the evening along with other supplements. I would check with your daughter's doctor just in case there might be an issue with taking it with her other medications.

@johnbishop
Hi John,
I’m curious why you take such a large dose of Vit D and what your Vit D level is?
Do you have an illness or multiple conditions and/or medication you take that deplete you Vit D? Did your doctor suggest this dose?
Your post jumped out at me since I’m suffering from a massive kidney stone. Massive doses of Vit D can cause kidney stones and other problems. Do you have your level regularly checked?
Jake

I know @jakedduck1 that elderly people usually do not get out much into the sunshine so we do not get vit D unless we take it. My doctor prescribed vit D years ago when my vit D tested very low. I am now taking 2000 iu. An iu is really a very small amount. I have never had kidney stones. I will let John answer why his is a little higher.

Hi Jake @jakedduck1 -- I take the D3 - 5000 IU capsule twice a day as part of my neuropathy supplements I found in the closed Facebook Group Solutions to Peripheral Neuopathy Pain & Discomfort - https://www.facebook.com/groups/SPNPD/. They also have a website (http://solutions2pnpd.com/). The D3 is at a therapeutic dosage level which helps get the usable form into the body. Best description I've found that supports the higher dosage is here:

Driving up the dose: implications for high-dose vitamin d therapy - NCBI
-- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4824637/

Vitamin D - Doses & Uses
-- https://reference.medscape.com/drug/drisdol-calciferol-vitamind-344417

Dose vitamin D supplementations improve peripheral diabetic neuropathy? A before-after clinical trial.
-- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30641826

I get blood labs on a yearly basis as part of my regular checkup.

@johnbishop
Hey John 👋
Do you get much relief from your Neuropathy with the high Vit D Therapy?
Jake

@jakedduck1, The vitamin D is just one of the supplements I take for neuropathy so I can't really quantify how much relief I get from it. When I started taking the supplements back around September 2016 my neuropathy was getting worse in both feet and legs and the neurologist told me it would get worse and I could call back if it did. After taking the supplements for 2 months the progression seemed to have stopped. It hasn't gotten any better and it hasn't gotten any worse so I think it has slowed or stopped the progression. Even though I only have numbness with my small fiber peripheral neuropathy, I think it's a win if I can keep it from getting worse.

In Reply to Leonard Holloway @jakedduck1:
My name is Gina. I am Vradi´s mom
What else have you tray along your medical treatment? My daughter was once in thermal hidrotherapy sulfur bath (azúfre). She last only 5 days, she had a reaction of strong headache. But of the rest of the body she got one year of relief. Perhaps you should try something like that in the States. I was reading this early the morning:
https://www.google.com.cu/search?q=Stem+cell+therapy+for+neuropathy+pain&hl=es-CU&gbv=2
I really wish you all can feel better.
Maybe in five years or less something is discovered.
Best wishes
Gina

Thank you