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Kindly guide how much and until when vitamin d supplements to be given for vitamin d levels of 7.0 for a 56 year old male.is calcium to be given too?

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Vitamin D: I am not sure about the calcium without your labs. But, you should be on 50, 000 units of vitamin d per week for twelve weeks and then after that 2000 to 5000 units per day.

Answered 3/28/2014

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A member asked:

Kindly guide how much and until when vitamin d supplements to be given for vitamin d levels of 7.0 for a 56 year old male.is calcium to be given too?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Robert Killian answered

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