Vitamin D to Prevent and Treat Vitamin D-Resistant Rickets 12,000-500,000 IU (0.3-12.5 mg) PO once daily Vitamin D to Prevent and Treat Familial Hypophosphatemia 10,000-60,000 IU (0.25-1.5 mg) PO once daily with phosphate supplements What Are Side Effects Associated with Using Vitamin D?
Some experts recommended higher doses of 1000-2000 IU daily. For preventing osteoporosis associated with medications called corticosteroids, much higher doses of 1,750-50,000 IU have been used for up to 12 months. Also, special forms of vitamin D have been used. For instance, 0.25-0.5 mcg...
This study is a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial to investigate the effects of vitamin D supplements for patients with quadriceps muscle weakness after ACLR. The intervention group receives 2000 IU vitamin D3 per day for 16 weeks whereas the control group receives a pla...
[1] IU is still commonly seen alongside μg, so it’s good to become familiar with both units: 40 IU is equivalent to 1 μg. How many grams of vitamin D should I take per day? The ideal daily dose of vitamin D should correspond to its recommended daily allowance (RDA), which is...
Another RCT of persons with T2DM (n = 92) compared vitamin D3 supplementation (2000 IU daily) to calcium carbonate supplementation (400 mg twice daily) for 16 weeks. It was found that vitamin D supplementation improved beta cell function and attenuated the rise in HbA1c [28]. More ...
The treatment group (vitamin D3 + calcium group) received vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol; 2000-IU capsule, once daily) and calcium carbonate (500-mg tablet, 3 times daily) and the placebo group received identical placebos. Only the statistician and a research assistant who had no contact ...
Interventions Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol, 2000 IU/d) and marine omega-3 fatty acids (1 g/d) supplements. Main Outcomes and Measures For the present analysis, the primary outcome was a composite incidence of metastatic and fatal invasive total cancer, because the main VITAL study showed a poss...
Vitamin D Side Effects Vitamin Dis non-toxic. So is considered well-tolerated and safe. Side effects are rare but can include dry mouth, fatigue, headaches, metallic taste, nausea, sleepiness and vomiting. Doses of Vitamin D higher than 4,000 IU daily is possibly unsafe because it could ca...
on vitamin D supplementation, supplementation could be beneficial in improving resistance to overall respiratory infections, particularly when administered on daily basis due to its immunomodulatory role [19,20]. Mahboub et al. have shown that vitamin D supplementation (50,000 IU) in asthma patients ...
Lastly, according to one study, vitamin D intake < 80 IU/kg/day was significantly associated with the risk of acquiring pneumonia (OR 7.9) but not bronchiolitis. The remaining five studies found no statistically significant differences in infection rates or severity (p-value > 0.050). The ...