Vitamin D preventing MS Flareups

[Joburton]

An article from the Daily Mail: dailymail.co.uk/health/arti...

I am personally experiencing less of my fibromyalgia symptoms since supplementing 1600iu daily!

[shaws Administrator]

Thanks for posting. Interesting read.

[Marz]

You could go higher than 1600. I believe 2500 is a maintenance dose. What was your last result for VitD ?

[Joburton in reply to Marz]

My last result in November was: Serum Vit D 64 nmol/L (75.0-200.0). My gp prescribed 800, but I doubled the dose as an experiment to see what the results will be in February. If I'm not at least mid range, I will be asking for a higher doseage!

[Marz in reply to Joburton]

If you divide your 64 result by 2.5 it equals 25.6 - say 26. You now have the result in ng/L which corresponds to the chart in the link below. As you can see 50/60 is suggested as optimal so 2500 would be good as maintenance - however you still have a way to go - so 5000IU's through the winter would be good - and then test again in the Spring. Do take VitK2 with the D3 as D improves the absorption of calcium from foods in the gut - and K2 ensures the calcium goes to the bones and teeth.

grassrootshealth.net

There is also a chart on that website illustrating levels required to prevent certain serious conditions. Now for some reason they have done that measurement in nmol/L

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The vitamin d council recommend 5000 iu for maintenance. It is good stuff. I have managed to reduce all my pain relief by taking lots of vit d.