Vitamin K

Jill S.
on 12/13/18 6:32 am - St. Louis, MO

I've been megadosing Vitamin K (K1 & K2 - M4/M7) with no success in raising my blood levels. Can anyone advise a proven brand? All of the K complex vitamins I have found are gel caps filled with oil. Does anyone know a brand that offers K complex in a dry formula? I do take extra K2 in the EZ melt form.

Current Vitamin K level is

Jill S.

BPD/DS - 04/14/2004

Jill S.
on 12/13/18 9:22 am - St. Louis, MO

Thank you! I'll look into that one.

Jill S.

BPD/DS - 04/14/2004

Janet P.
on 12/14/18 10:07 am

That's what I take too.

Janet in Leesburg
DS 2/25/03
Hazem Elariny
-175

Eliza970
on 12/16/18 8:42 pm

It's not a combined K1-K2, but I take a K2 pill with a dose of 15,000 mcg, that is the therapeutic dose used in some of the Japanese osteoporosis studies. It far exceeds the 1,000 mcg in others.

The brand is Relentless Improvement Vitamin K2 MK4 Plus MK7. It is a dry capsule. Small pill.

I take one per day. Some take 2 or 3. You might not want to megadose K1 without your doc's ok since it promotes blood clotting. That's good when it stops bleeding, but not so good when it leads to blood clots.

Jill S.
on 12/16/18 10:32 pm - St. Louis, MO

I just ordered those yesterday.

Jill S.

BPD/DS - 04/14/2004

melitza03
on 12/17/18 9:40 am - Coloma, MI

Carlson Labs Vitamin K2 has 5mg of K. Most K supplements measure in mcg, so this would be 5,000 mcg. Not a bad price for 180 capsules.

https://www.amazon.com/Carlson-Labs-Vitamin-K-2-Capsules/dp/B003B3P4I6/ref=sr_1_3_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1545068259&sr=8-3&keywords=carlson+labs+k

chevtow41
on 12/18/18 7:59 am
DS on 11/11/14

MK4 isn't the K you want, it leave the body very quickly and you'd need to keep taking doses every couple hours.

MK7 is what you want

Jill S.
on 12/18/18 8:14 am - St. Louis, MO

I've read that as well, however it has many benefits so I take both. I'll take for the next 3 to 6 months and see if feel I'm getting anything from it. Thank you for your input.

Jill S.

BPD/DS - 04/14/2004

PeteA
on 12/26/18 10:23 am - Parma, OH
DS on 04/15/13

Sorry to be chiming in so late. What is the level and the range? The way I understand it the MK4 and MK7 will not help with the clotting factor or measured levels of K1.

I'm 6 years out an always on the low level of the "normal" range given on my test with no one thinking that was a problem.

HW 552 CW 198 SW 464 4/15/13 - Lap DS by Dr. Philip Schauer - Cleveland Clinic.

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