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Risk of high dose Vitamin D supplementation

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sprit33
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Posted on Oct 12, 2023, 6:24 pm
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I'm now six months post-surgery(six months after remove tibia LON fixer). Do I need to continue taking nutritional supplements ,until my bones are fully healed?
Currently, I'm supplementing with 800mg of calcium and 20,000 IU of vitamin D daily. (The recommended dosage of vitamin D I found on forums is 5,000 to 10,000 IU, but someone suggested I take 20,000 IU, saying the risks are minimal. They mentioned that many people who don't need bone growth also take this amount.) Is there a risk of hypercalcemia with this regimen?I've done some research, and it says that a vitamin D supplement of more than 4000 IU can pose a risk of causing hypercalcemia I've noticed that I'm often woken up early in the morning by the urge to urinate, which I don't recall happening as frequently before.
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Posted on Oct 14, 2023, 7:34 pm
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No idea mate, but many westerners have vit D deficiency. If you are scared about it, limit your intake to 10k, and add in vitamin K2. Supposedly keeps your arteries unclogged.
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Posted on Oct 14, 2023, 8:42 pm
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I think Paley said in an interview with cyborg4life that it's almost impossible to get to much vitamin D.
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Posted on Oct 14, 2023, 9:32 pm
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Who told you to take that huge amount of vitamin d? Of course you are gomma have trouble with that, it is 4 times more than the upper safe limit!
I take 4.000 per day only because I have a big deficiency (12 while the normal range is more than 20) and when I reach normal levels I will continue with 2.000 per day.
I wouldn't take 20.000 for no reason at all, it is clearly risky.
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Posted on Oct 15, 2023, 11:42 am
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I would certainly take vitamin K2 as well if I was doing high doses vitamin D as the K2 helps the body position the calcium correctly in the body.
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Posted on Oct 19, 2023, 9:30 pm
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Quote from: DanishViking on October 14, 2023, 08:42:25 PMI think Paley said in an interview with cyborg4life that it's almost impossible to get to much vitamin D.



What do u mean ,sir?difficult to absorb so much vitamin D?
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Ted68
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Posted on Nov 14, 2023, 3:36 pm
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Quote from: sprit33 on October 12, 2023, 06:24:53 PMI'm now six months post-surgery(six months after remove tibia LON fixer). Do I need to continue taking nutritional supplements ,until my bones are fully healed?
Currently, I'm supplementing with 800mg of calcium and 20,000 IU of vitamin D daily. (The recommended dosage of vitamin D I found on forums is 5,000 to 10,000 IU, but someone suggested I take 20,000 IU, saying the risks are minimal. They mentioned that many people who don't need bone growth also take this amount.) Is there a risk of hypercalcemia with this regimen?I've done some research, and it says that a vitamin D supplement of more than 4000 IU can pose a risk of causing hypercalcemia I've noticed that I'm often woken up early in the morning by the urge to urinate, which I don't recall happening as frequently before.
Man, why you ask here ?
You should ask your surgeon who tested and supervised your growth evolution...
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