Boston University School of Medicine researchers (BUSM) have found that 50,000 International Units (IU) of vitamin D2, given weekly for eight weeks, effectively treats vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D2 is a mainstay for the prevention and treatment of vitamin D deficiency in children and adults...
Bodenner . (2014) Vitamin D deficiency: A simple algorithm employing weekly administration of 50,000IU of vitamin D. American Journal of Otolaryngology 35 , 85-88 Online publication date: 1-Mar-2014. /Middleton L, Stack BC, Jr., Riggs AT et al.: Vitamin D deficiency: A simple ...
Researchers in this study tested the efficacy of weekly vitamin D2 supplementation (50,000 IUs) for six months on depression in women with type 2 diabetes. Depression significantly improved following supplementation. In addition, 61 percent of patients reported shooting or burning pain in their legs...
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(a bisphos- phonate; 70 mg) and 5 600 IU vitamin D3 administered weekly was found to be effective (increased BMD after 12 months) in treating osteoporotic postmenopausal women who had 25(OH)D levels between 8 and 20 ng·mL − 1, suggesting that correcting vitamin D defi- ciency may...
Post−weight loss surgery in patients with vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency:A review of guidelines recommends vitamin D33,000 to 6,000 units/day or vitamin D250,000 units given 1 to 3 times weekly. Contraindications Contraindications have not been identified. ...
Methods. Fifty women with T2DM and significant depressive symptomology were enrolled into the “Sunshine Study,” where weekly vitamin D supplementation (ergocalciferol, 50,000 IU) was given to all participants for six months. The main outcomes included (1) depression (Center for Epidemiologic ...
Hence, in cases of known deficiencies, it is better to consume vitamin D3 rather than D2. Depending on your vitamin D levels, your doctor may prescribe either weekly supplements of: 50,000 international units (IU) D2 or D3 orally for 6-8 weeks followed by a maintenance dose of 800 ...
An initial supplementation for 8 weeks with vitamin D3 at either 6000 IU daily (10,000 IU for high-risk adults, 2000 IU for children) or 50,000 IU weekly is usually administered. And then, a daily maintenance dose of 1000 (for children) to 2000 IU is recommended (3000 to 6000 IU ...
Vitamin-D2 (D2) treatment has been associated with a decrease in 25-hydroxy (25(OH)) vitamin-D3 (D3) level, suggesting that D3 treatment would be preferred to raise total 25(OH) vitamin-D (D) level. We postulated that D2 treatment-associated decrease in 25(OH)D3 level is related...