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My vitamin d level was 8.1ng/ml in dec2015 . my daily vitamin d3 pill gives me 2000 iu of vitd3 and weekly pill gives 60000iu. is it sufficient ?

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Vitamin 2: Please take the weekly pill for about 3 months, then back to 1000 units of vitamin D a day.

Answered 3/1/2016

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