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I am having very weird feeling in my entire body. legs feel as if they are being pulled inside the earth. i am vitamin d deficient. what's the cause?

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Vitamin d deficiency: look at wikipedia.. vitamin d deficiency. vit d is a fat soluble vitamin. more of a hormone that vitamin. the symptoms of deficiency are quite variable. Maximize your Vit d.. recommend Vit d 50k weekly for 8 weeks. by prescription

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Answered 9/16/2017

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