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Vitamin D Treatment Report

Category: Supplements

Generic Name: Vitamin D

See also: Actonel Combi D

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76 patient evaluations for Vitamin D

BigAssCTim

Data Quality: 0 stars
- Sex: Male
- Age: 38y
Condition: 10 additional condition(s)
Quality of Life:
- Social: Unreported
- Mental: Unreported
- Physical: Unreported
I am: Good
by BigAssCTim
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**Purpose:** Major Depressive Disorder *(Started Oct 20, 2009)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Nov 20, 2009	2000 intl units Daily	?Can't tell	None	Usually	Not at all

0 helpful marks

Diamondlil58

Sex: F

Data Quality: 3 stars

MS: 15 yrs

Mentor

Type: Relapsing-Remitting

Sensation: None

Overall: None

Cognition: none

Vision: none

Speech: none

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: none

Walking: mild
by Diamondlil58
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**Purpose:** Vitamin D deficiency *(Started Sep 03, 2008)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Nov 10, 2009	5000 intl units Daily	Major	None	Always	Not at all

0 helpful marks

iMOVE4PD

Sex: M

Data Quality: 3 stars

Parkinson's: 10 yrs

Hoehn-Yahr 3 Type: Inherited (genetic) Parkinson's disease On

Mouth/throat: moderate

Arms: mild

Chest: mild

Legs: mild
by iMOVE4PD
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**Purposes:** General health and Increase effect of another treatment *(Started Jul 22, 2009)*
Date	Dosage	General health Perceived effectiveness	Increase effect of another treatment Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Oct 15, 2009		None	None	None	Never	A little
Jul 06, 2009		Slight	None	None	Usually	Somewhat

0 helpful marks

slv418

Sex: F

Data Quality: 0 stars

MS: 17 yrs

Type: Secondary Progressive

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Mild

Cognition: moderate

Vision: mild

Speech: mild

Swallowing: mild

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate
by slv418
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**Purpose:** MS (Multiple Sclerosis) *(Started Mar 25, 2009)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Oct 12, 2009		?Can't tell	None	Sometimes	Not at all
Oct 03, 1999		?Can't tell	None	Sometimes	Not at all

0 helpful marks

philiph

Sex: M

Data Quality: 2 stars

MS: 16 yrs

Type: Relapsing-Remitting

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Moderate

Cognition: moderate

Vision: severe

Speech: mild

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate
by philiph
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**Purpose:** I am actually taking 5000 IU daily *(Started Jul 13, 2009)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Sep 29, 2009	4800 intl units Daily	Slight	Moderate	Always	Not at all

Date: Sep 29, 2009
Advice & Tips: seemed to work well at first then developed some cramping and headaches so I just decided to stop taking it. I might start again after i get a base line blood test.

0 helpful marks

sumac333

Sex: F

Data Quality: 1 star

Bipolar I

Depression: 0

Mania: 1

Emotional: 0

Anxiety: 1

Compulsion: 0

External Stress: Severe

Rx Therapy

60 F

Function: High

Distress: Low
by sumac333
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**Purpose:** General health *(Started Feb 02, 2009)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Aug 23, 2009	2000 intl units Daily	?Can't tell	None	Never	Not at all

Date: Aug 23, 2009
Advice & Tips: depressed--can't seem to take it--can't seem to load my med trays

0 helpful marks

LSK

Sex: F

Data Quality: 3 stars

MS: 20 yrs

Type: Secondary Progressive

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Moderate

Cognition: severe

Vision: none

Speech: moderate

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate
by LSK
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**Purpose:** Vitamin D deficiency *(Started Jun 01, 2008)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Aug 20, 2009	1000 intl units Daily	Major	None	Usually	Not at all

0 helpful marks

mlsh68

Data Quality: 0 stars
- Sex: Female
- Age: 44y
Condition: 2 additional condition(s)
Quality of Life:
- Social: Unreported
- Mental: Unreported
- Physical: Unreported
by mlsh68
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**Purpose:** Vitamin D deficiency *(Started Jul 15, 2009)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Aug 01, 2009	50,000 intl units Daily	None	None	Always	Not at all

0 helpful marks

morgan

Sex: F

Data Quality: 1 star

MS: 41 yrs

Type: Secondary Progressive

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Moderate

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: mild

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: severe
by morgan
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**Purpose:** MS (Multiple Sclerosis) *(Started Aug 03, 2008)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jul 26, 2009	50000 intl units Weekly	?Can't tell	None	Usually	Not at all

Date: Jul 26, 2009
Advice & Tips: Read D3 Megadse thread on Forum that has current research on the benefits of D3 and PLMers' experience on megadose treatment
Cost: < $25 monthly

0 helpful marks

Ithurts

Sex: F

Data Quality: 0 stars

Pain: Most

Fatigue: All

Sleep: Some

Stiffness: All

function: None

external_stress: Most

Stickman: all
Description:F66y
FM:5y Dx
by Ithurts
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**Purpose:** Vitamin D deficiency *(Started Jan 01, 2000)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jul 24, 2009	2000 intl units Daily	?Can't tell	None	Always	Not at all

Date: Jul 24, 2009
Advice & Tips: It's great because I live in Boston where the sun shines infreqwhenly(sp) and because the FDA is finding new reason why we should take Vit D I take 1 tab. 1000 iu 2 a day
Cost: < $25 monthly

0 helpful marks

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