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@kayskid - While I was on the Big 3, my ID doc recommended 5000 iu per day of Vitamin D3 as I was also very low. Now that I am off antibiotics, I am waiting to have my levels checked with my next labs.
Like Don, I think I get plenty without the supplement by spending hours every day outdoors (well, maybe not in winter if we have to stay in the frozen north this year.) For anyone taking calcium supplements, adequate Vitamin D levels are crucial to being able to absorb it.
Sue
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Hi,
Do you know what your vitamin D level is?
I don’t understand why your doctor wants you to take so much vitamin D. That amount is definitely not needed for the absorption of calcium. Are you taking medications that effect/deplete your vitamin D? 4,000IU is considered the daily maximum dose. I’m curious as to why your doctor wants you to take so much? if your vitamin D is extremely low I could understand it. I took 6000IU for some time then 2,000 once my level reached 60. I take three medications that interfere with vitamin D.
Here is a link from the Mayo Clinic regarding vitamin D,
https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements-vitamin-d/art-20363792
Best of luck,
Jake
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Thank you, Sue. I take 2000 now and that may not be enough. I try to spend a lot of time outdoors, but fall is coming and we live in Maine.