Best vitamins for copd

Hi everyone, hope your all keeping good xxx bit of advice please what sort of vitamins do you take to help with COPD ??? I'm end stage have been for four years ,on oxygen and use a bipap ,but doing ok ,was very poorly for nearly two years in and out of hospital , especially when I lost my son , XX but this year they said I could fly so we found a rented apartment in Spain and off we went in April ,came back may ,to a lovely British summer !!! Back to Spain beginning of September and for seven months I had no steroids and antibiotics ,only my regular azithromycin, came home last week on Thursday and feel crap !!!! Started on my steroids ect yesterday ,been doing so well away it amazes me the difference a different country makes , anyway thinking some vitamins might help ,any advice appreciated thank you xxxx

[2greys]

I take 4000 IUs of vitamin D3 with 150 micrograms of vitamin K2 (MK7).

[Badbessie]

I take a multivitamin plus 1000IUs of D3 daily.

[Palm-Tree-11]

Hi, I take vit c, d3, b's, just started serrapeptaze and cq10-am hoping to be very well! I have severe emphasemia and heart valve problem x

[Kristicats]

I take a mixture of supplements and vitamins listed on my profile.

[Ergendl]

I take rose hip syrup. A research project showed that drinking rose hip tea regularly cut down on infections, but I didn't like the taste, so I started taking what we used to be given at school many years ago.

[Roseking2001 in reply to Ergendl]

Ah yes, semolina and rosehip syrup at school-lovely!

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Thank you for all your advice ,greatly appreciated xxx

[Janzo54]

Hi Caz

Sorry to hear your news-you sound very positive in spite if everything-good for you. I find the same-being abroad for annual holidays im so much better ( i love Crete) and feel crap in the English dampness.

We are starting to plan our retirement in two and half years and this will include some time or gap year living abroad.

I live in Thames valley which is the worst for chest complaints!

I feel its important to sort our own health issues out but its hard when you have family living here isnt it?

I eat a healthy diet with lots of fruit n veg-recently Panorama showed a investigative piece on vitamins and the conclusion was you can get all vitamins from a healthy balanced diet unless you are deficient.

Just thought i would mention it!

Love Jan x

[Shellc in reply to Janzo54]

Most of us with lung problems are deficient if though we might have a good diet , the meds strip most of it away

[watergazer]

hi caz You may have picked up your bug on the plane if you travelled that way . I tend to get bugs from plane journeys especially short haul I am taking complete vitamin B, vitamin D and turmeric also trying to eat very healthily with fish 2x weekly and fresh fruit and veg. Hoping you're well soon. x

[jackdup]

I just downloaded a new COPD app and one of the videos it links to has a doctor talking about the importance of vitamin D3 and Omega 3. Glad to hear you have been somewhat stanle for the last four years or so and hope it continues.

[Shellc]

I take 5000 iu of vitamin d in summer and 10,000 in winter , must take it with k2 mk7 I also take magnesium , zinc ,

[Shellc]

I use a company called piping rock for vit d as no fillers and a company called pharma nord for k2

[jmsutt]

If I understand correctly, autumn and winter in England are usually under overcast sky's, with little sun. That being the case, vitamin D3 deficiencies there would be common. So, you would be wise to have your D levels checked. Doctors here will often write for D2, not themselves knowing the difference. D2 takes much longer to absorb into one's system. Taken with Vit-D3, K2-M7 helps with calcium absorption...