A member asked:

Vitamin d deficiency, level 14. taking 50,000iu once per week for 12 weeks. i am on the 8th week and i lost my supplements. is missing a day bad?

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Dr. Randy Baker answered

Specializes in Holistic Medicine

Not bad, but stop D2: 50,000iu/week of Vit D is reasonable. It would be safe to continue this indefinitely. However, I strongly advise taking only Vit D3,not D2 Usually the 50,000 iu dose is the prescription form (D2) which is actually dangerous! See http://tinyurl.com/6wx4ujl I advise stopping D2. Take 5-8000iu of D3/day. I also ask you to share this info with the prescribing Dr. as they must be unaware of the hazard.

Answered 5/5/2015

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