Vit D dose.

[Wightbaby]

For those who are taking this supplement, what dose is recommended per day please.......?

Am I right in thinking it doesn't affect INR levels at all?

Thank you

[10gingercats]

I take Calcichew as prescribed by my GP.It is calcium with vit D3 10micrograms.The 3 indicates a particular type of Vit D.I have been prescribed this for the last 12 years. Calcium is always bonded with Vit D...preferably D3.

[Wightbaby in reply to 10gingercats]

No effect on your Warfarin dose?? Assuming you take this??

[10gingercats in reply to Wightbaby]

My INR was fine when I took Warfarin.I now take Apixaban.

[rosyG]

it doesn't affect INRs- some other vitamins do so good that you are checking!

[souljacs4]

I take Fultium-D3 800u one twice a day prescribed by GP.

[Goldfish_]

Here's the uk guidance

cks.nice.org.uk/vitamin-d-d...

[CDreamer in reply to Goldfish_]

Unfortunately it is quite difficult to get a serum test for Vit D without having symptoms, in my experience.

[Goldfish_]

The test costs about £20 and this is the uk guidance

Recommendation 7 Only test vitamin D status if someone has symptoms of deficiency or is at very high risk.

Health professionals should not routinely test people's vitamin D status unless:

they have symptoms of deficiency

they are considered to be at particularly high risk of deficiency (for example, they have very low exposure to sunlight)

there is a clinical reason to do so (for example, they have osteomalacia or have had a fall).

[MarkS]

Vit D levels do fall in the winter so I take a 1000 iu (25 mcg) D3 dose per day between Oct and March. It has no effect on my INR and I do check with my Coaguchek. In the summer I just make sure I'm out in the sun enough, which is a lot easier on the south coast than further north!

[Wightbaby in reply to MarkS]

Not much sun here on the Isle of Wight for ages it seems!!! : (

[traveler65 in reply to Wightbaby]

Wightbaby are there no companies in the UK from which you can purchase your own lab tests? I have at least 3 options in the USA in NYS (New York) and one of them for a $77 fee will send a phlebotamist to your home to draw the blood. the other involves purchasing the tests online and then driving 115 miles to a Lab Corp in the next State (Pennsylvania) where the lab has a deal with the company who sells you the tests. Each company has a doctor who prescribes the tests for you, even though you chose which tests youwant , and the cost is about 1/10th of what the regular lab charges the insurance company when the test is prescribed by your family physician. Both prescriptions use the same to labs though. I take 5,000 international units of D3 per day. My last blood test for D3-hydroxy ( which is the blood tesrt for vitamin D3)- was 67. When I started supplementing and testing my D3 was 22. Optimally, according to my thyroid hormone doctor it should be 70--80. When my husband and I do annual checkups and visit our cardiologists and then our thyroid/hormone doctor---we usually spend about $900 each and get an NMR test and full panels of throid, inflammatory bio markers, hormones etc., nutrients such as Co Q10; red blood cell magnesium, B12, B6, folate and cbc, comprehensive metabolic panel, and some other things. If we went to a lab with a doctor prescription and tried to use insurance (medicare and supplemental)-- the cosst of the tests would be about $6000 each and Medicare would not cover most of them because insurance works on a disease treatment scenario not a disease prevention model.

[Wightbaby in reply to traveler65]

Don't think there is anything like that available in UK!!! The way medical things and treatment are going here,in UK, its not going to get any easier either!!

[Finvola]

I take 1000 iu daily, as I live in N Ireland, walk each day on a mountain but, especially in winter, am swaddled against the cold and the winds, so sunlight exposure is somewhat restricted. I take Apixaban.

[Wightbaby]

Hm........I don't have a deficiency as such, but do suffer from SAD around this time of year........was just thinking of getting some from the health shop....after reading a post on here about Vit D/cholesterol/heart disease...also just picked up "The great cholesterol Con" to read...so more in relation to Cholesterol than AF.

[ILowe]

I take 2000 I.U. This is a compromise. Most doctors prescribe too little. Many health sites recommend 5000 I.U. With 2000 you do not also need to bother about Calcium levels etc.

I now take it in the winter, daily. In the summer I rely on regular exposure to sun. I live in Tunisia, and was diagnosed as being 'almost rickets' level, due to my skill in avoiding the sun. Go figure. Those who live in sunny countries, severely deficient.

Some people are also poor at making VitD through their skin. Go for it. I have found it to be a great help.

[Kleasmile]

Im on warfarin and my doctor gave me vitamin D2, one time in week 50.000 IU..its slow release 😊

[solarjdo69]

I use 5000IU vitamin D3 daily. Most sites that purport to recommend D3 for AFIB say 5000 - 10000 IU daily. One could always do 5000 every other day and see how that does for you.

[Wightbaby]

Thanks everybody.....loads of useful replies as always! : )