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Vitamin D (Ergocalciferol) - monitoring more than 23,000 patients

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What does it do?

This product is also called Vitamin D. It is used primarily to treat Vitamin D deficiency and hypoparathyroidism which can cause Vitamin D deficiency.

Last text update: 2011-10-04

Last data update: 2012-01-14

General Information:

6.7: Vitamin D Average Satisfaction Score

85% of patients are at least somewhat satisfied with Vitamin D.
16% of patients wish they were told more before they started taking Vitamin D

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im taking d2(ergocalciferol) 50,000 weekly. should i take calcium and magnesium with it also? i did hear that you should take magnesium by itself when you take high doses of vitamin d. is this true?

33 year old – Source: MediGuard
Posted: 2011-02-03 23:52:35

my vitamin d level is 23 so my dr gave me prescription for d2, 50,000 a week. i read alot of stuff about d2 so now i want to take d3 instead i asked pharmasist they said theres no d3 you can take to equal 50,000 d2,thats not what i heard from reading online.i asked one of my docs nurses she said the same thing the pharmasist said.im afraid my dr.is going to say the same thing too.what should i do?anyone have any suggestions on this? who is right?online or the pharmasist and the nurse?help

33 year old – Source: MediGuard
Posted: 2011-02-03 23:40:01

I take 2000 IU of Vit D 3 (not Vit D 2- Ergocalciferal) each day. I live in the north central US and avoid the sun due to past skin cancer. I initially asked to be tested because of body pain and found that I was deficient. Body pain improved as well as general feeling of well-being. It was important also because I have osteopenia and I want to be sure I can absorb calcium to maintain bone health. After taking 50,000 IU of Ergocalciferal once a week for about a year I was no longer deficient. However, I still had Vit D insufficiency so I switched to daily vit D 3 and am being monitored every 4 months. Vit D really is a hormone with receptors on most cells of the body. I noticed on this site, there isn't a listing for Vit D 3, just vit D 2.

61 year old – Source: MediGuard
Posted: 2011-01-16 13:42:59

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