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Post by patngin on Nov 12, 2014 14:49:50 GMT -5
My Vit D level was low for the first time in a long time. I changed from the gel caps 50,000 IU to the dry supposedly 50,000 IU.My vitamin D went from 47 to 21.2. No good. I think I am going to get back on the gelcaps. They cost more and you have to have an Rx for them but they work. This is the first time my Vit D has been low since my amputations.
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Post by newyorkbitch on Nov 12, 2014 14:56:00 GMT -5
My Vit D level was low for the first time in a long time. I changed from the gel caps 50,000 IU to the dry supposedly 50,000 IU.My vitamin D went from 47 to 21.2. No good. I think I am going to get back on the gelcaps. They cost more and you have to have an Rx for them but they work. This is the first time my Vit D has been low since my amputations. Pat it takes time!!! Do not stop taking the dry D!! |
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Post by patngin on Nov 12, 2014 15:04:27 GMT -5
My Vitamin D was 47 2 months before taking the gelcaps 3 times a week. I switched to the dry and it is 21.2. Something is not right. I have been on the gel caps for 7 years and always had a normal Vitamin D the last time it was low was before my amputations.
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Post by newyorkbitch on Nov 12, 2014 15:43:15 GMT -5
How long had you been taking the dry when you got labs done?
This is why it is important to keep good records - what you take, track your labs, etc.
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Post by patngin on Nov 12, 2014 16:41:41 GMT -5
The date on the first Vitamin D was 10/01/14 I had been on the gelcaps for 7 years.
The date on the next was 11/9/14 I was on the dry about 4 weeks I started the dry October 16th
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Post by newyorkbitch on Nov 12, 2014 16:44:51 GMT -5
Why did you switch if you had no Vitamin D issues? And don't say because I told you to - I was under the impression that your D was low. If your D was fine then you had no reason to switch. But it is bizarre that you wouldn't absorb the dry D…D is a fat soluble vitamin in normal form.
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Post by patngin on Nov 12, 2014 16:47:55 GMT -5
I figured if it was absorbed better then I would give it a try. My Vitamin D was within normal limits of 40-100 at 47 I thought this would make it go higher and it was cheaper than the prescription type.
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Post by newyorkbitch on Nov 12, 2014 16:50:14 GMT -5
Ah…okay "normal limits" but still quite low. And this affects your calcium absorption and therefore your PTH.
The gel caps were insufficient. If I were you, I'd take both. Go back to the gel caps and keep taking 50,000 of the dry every day and test again in 3 months.
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Post by patngin on Nov 12, 2014 16:58:04 GMT -5
Ok the doctor had cut me back to 1 a week to see how I would do. When I was taking 3 a week it was higher so I put in a call to get my Rx adjusted. We'll see what he says.
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Post by patngin on Nov 12, 2014 17:02:38 GMT -5
My Vitamin D 1 year ago was 80.
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Post by newyorkbitch on Nov 12, 2014 18:27:12 GMT -5
So it's been declining for a year. Which means the gel caps are NOT working.
Stay on the dry D. If you want to add the gel caps back fine, but do not stop the dry.
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Post by patngin on Nov 12, 2014 19:39:57 GMT -5
When it was 80 I was taking 1 a day like I am with the dry when it went to 47 I was taking 3 a week when it went to 21.2 I was taking 1 dry 50000 a day.
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Post by newyorkbitch on Nov 13, 2014 9:24:52 GMT -5
When it was 80 I was taking 1 a day like I am with the dry when it went to 47 I was taking 3 a week when it went to 21.2 I was taking 1 dry 50000 a day. If I were you, I'd do one gelcap per day and one 50,000 dry per day and test again in 3 months. |
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