What is Vitamin D?
Vitamin D is found in numerous dietary sources such as fish, eggs, fortified milk, and cod liver oil. The sun is also a significant contributor to the body's daily production of vitamin D. Cholecalciferol is the most widely known of the vitamin D series and is a fat soluble vitamin.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General health | 42 |
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2 | ||||
| Slow my ALS progress | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 6 |
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1 | ||||
| low vitamin d levels or deficient | 6 |
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1 | ||||
| Osteoporosis | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Deep Bone Pain | 1 |
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1 |
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Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Vitamin D. See all 32 dosages ►
| daily | 1.25 mg monthly | 1 mcg weekly | 50 daily | 100 mg daily | 250 mg daily | 400 daily | 400 intl units daily | 400 mg daily | 450 mg daily | 500 daily | 500 mg daily | 800 daily | 800 intl units daily | 800 mg daily | 1000 intl units daily | 1000 mcg daily | 1000 mg daily | 1200 intl units daily | 1262 intl units daily | 2000 intl units daily | 3000 mg daily | 4000 intl units daily | 5000 daily | 5000 intl units daily | 5000 mg daily | 6000 intl units daily | 50,000 intl units weekly | 50000 intl units weekly | 8000 intl units daily | 10000 intl units daily | 50000 intl units daily | ||
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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16
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2
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1
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1
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1
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2
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2
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2
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10
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1
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10
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1
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1
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5
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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4 | 50% |
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Other
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2 | 25% |
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Expense
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1 | 13% |
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Personal research
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1 | 13% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 13% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 5 patient evaluations
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- NotFinished
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: mild
- Chest: none
- Legs: mild
- See profile
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- NotFinished
- 2000 intl units daily
- since Oct 19, 2009
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for General health
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips I tested low for vitamin D. So, I take this and D3. I don't get a lot of sun, so I'm sure that has something to do with it. See full evaluation
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- speechlessinseattle
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: none
- Chest: none
- Legs: moderate
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- speechlessinseattle
- 2000 intl units daily
- since May 14, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Before I knew My Vitamin D level was only 4, I had tingling sensations in my feet and hands and around my mouth. Since taking script Vitamin D and then over... See full evaluation
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Report created on November 21, 2009.