Silly question of the day

[whitefishbay]

I have Vitamin D spray 1000 iu. Can I spray it 4x to get 4000 iu? Sorry for the ridiculous question. I will buy 4000 iu over the weekend but meanwhile...

Bon weekend everyone.

[TheMoaningViolet]

If the instruction on the bottle says to spray it once then yes, do it 4 times instead.

[whitefishbay in reply to TheMoaningViolet]

Thanks. I know it was the dumb question of the day.

[scats]

That's what I do, no bad effects yet.

[whitefishbay in reply to scats]

Good. Thanks. So easy to have the spray vs another big tablet.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to whitefishbay]

My 4000 IU tablets are far smaller than the 1000 IU ones!

[PMRpro Ambassador]

OH does ...

[whitefishbay in reply to PMRpro]

spray or pill?

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to whitefishbay]

Spray ...

[whitefishbay in reply to PMRpro]

Grazie. X

[Bcol]

Amazing how we learn something new every day here. Never knew it came as a spray. Is it any advantage other than not having to swallow yet another pill?

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Bcol]

Exactly

sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/vit...

It can be messy - I far prefer a single little tablet. Think tablets may be cheaper, not sure

[Bcol in reply to PMRpro]

Thank you, very interesting, can't believe the stuff I've read since the joys of PMR!!

[whitefishbay]

I think pills are cheaper...but so many pills.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to whitefishbay]

I take pills 5 times a day because of the essential spacing, 7.30am (first cup of tea), 9.30am (2nd cup of tea) , 4pm, 7.30pm (before dinner) and 10pm (on getting into bed). Adding the vit D to one of those is easier than messing about with a spray bottle

[whitefishbay in reply to PMRpro]

2 upon rising then 1. Then 50 vitamins. 🤣

[TheMoaningViolet in reply to whitefishbay]

I have my steroids in the morning, then a buketload of supplements at lunchtime, a single calcium (citrate) tablet at dinner (because sometimes I don't eat dinner and calcium citrate does not need food) and magnesium before bedtime. As long as they are easy-gliding ones I am fine. The chalky ones are so hard to swallow.

[whitefishbay in reply to TheMoaningViolet]

When you are young you never realise life will turn into measures by the bucket.