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Is it safe to take alfacalcidol to treat vitamin d deficiency?
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Yes: Alfacalcidol is a form of vitamin d that does not require renal conversion to be active but does require action in the liver to be converted to an active form of vitamin d.
Answered 10/24/2017
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