Raising vitamin D levels

[Liyaelize]

Greetings to all.

Has anyone used an injection to raise low vitamin D levels? Are injectable versions available?

[SlowDragon Administrator]

What’s your most recent vitamin D result

Vitamin D mouth spray is popular and gives good results

[Liyaelize in reply to SlowDragon]

After 3 months using a spray went from 23 to 27. Using a spray 800 IU 5 times a day

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Liyaelize]

Do you mean 23nmol (U.K. units) or 23ng/ml

If 23nmol GP should have prescribed 300,000iu over 6-8 weeks

That’s 5000iu per day for 8 weeks or 7000iu per day for 6 weeks

Better You vitamin D mouth spray is 1000iu per spray

If you have Hashimoto’s common to need 5000-6000iu per day to improve levels, especially if still hypothyroid

Are you currently taking any magnesium supplements

Once you get to 80nmol-100nmol (40ng/ml)

Reduce dose to a maintenance level to maintain steady levels

[Liyaelize in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks so much will look into another product

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Liyaelize]

amazon.co.uk/BetterYou-Dlux...

[Marz in reply to Liyaelize]

Your test results are 23 and 27 - so which measurements did they use ? nmol/L or ng/L ?

[Liyaelize in reply to Marz]

27 ng/mL

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Liyaelize]

Liyaelize

27 ng/mL

So the recommended level is 40-60ng/ml.

Are you also taking magnesium? When taking D3 we need magnesium for the body to convert the D3 into it's usable form.

[Liyaelize in reply to SeasideSusie]

Yes. I do. Thanks so much

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Liyaelize]

Link for Conversion of nmol to ng/ml

endmemo.com/medical/unitcon...

23ng/ml = 57nmol

27ng/ml = 67nmol

[humanbean in reply to SlowDragon]

An easy to use link to convert ng/mL to nmol/L is this one :

grassrootshealth.net/?post_...

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Looking at previous posts you are only on low dose levothyroxine

Likely low Ft4

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/300...

The thyroid hormone status would play a role in the maintenance of vitamin D sufficiency, and its immunomodulatory role would influence the presence of autoimmune thyroid disease. The positive correlation between free T4 and vitamin D concentrations suggests that adequate levothyroxine replacement in HT would be an essential factor in maintaining vitamin D at sufficient levels.

[Liyaelize in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks so much for the help and information

[ITYFIALMCTT]

There are injectables but the serum levels start to drop very quickly and they're not maintained.

[Liyaelize in reply to ITYFIALMCTT]

Would it help to get levels up with injectable D and then maintain with topical or oral supplements? Do you know of injectable D3? Thanks so much

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to Liyaelize]

I couldn't find even a single injectable vitamin D available in the UK.

I think you might find few of us know anything about such injections.

[Liyaelize in reply to helvella]

Thanks so much for your help.

[ITYFIALMCTT in reply to helvella]

You can read about vitamin D injectables and similar here: cks.nice.org.uk/topics/vita...

It's rare to get them (ironically, I qualified for them notionally because of my chronic, severe deficiency but my CCG doesn't fund anything except oral preparations).

There are various trials underway with injectables/similar because for some groups of people they may be associated with an enhanced fall risk or similar.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to ITYFIALMCTT]

I think my search might have missed ergocalciferol (D2) products (though quite a few were included - just to confuse). I was primarily thinking colecalciferol (D3).

[ITYFIALMCTT in reply to helvella]

Upbeat as this tiny report about IM vitamin D is, the value of them is contentious : pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/284...

Interesting completed trial about high oral doses in post-menopausal vitamin D deficient women (can't see the results as yet but the size of the experimental bolus doses are eye-opening): clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show...

[Liyaelize in reply to ITYFIALMCTT]

Thanks so much I am in the USA and the link is only open to those in the UK.

[humanbean in reply to Liyaelize]

I will send you the page via private message - it's rather long so I'll send it in a few messages.

[Liyaelize]

Thanks so much