Vitamin D-3 to high

Good afternoon everyone,

My blood work for Vitamin D-3 test came back at 127. My doctor freaked out. She told me to stop taking Vitamin D-3 since it was toxic at a high dose. She knows I had RNY Dec. of 2010 and like to stay just under 100. I did stop taking the 50,000 dry by vitalady for one week. I was taking 50,000 3 times a week and was able to maintain at 98. I don't know what happened that it registered 127.

I would like to start taking it again before it get to low. Should I just take it Twice a week or once a week instead of 3 times a week.  

If the Vitamin Guru's are still out there, will you please advice. It has been a very long time since I've been on the site myself.

Thanks for you response,

Sincerely,

Rosemary

That is high... I just got back from the doc myself and my Vit D is up to 50. And I was ecstatic.  About 6 months ago I finally started taking liquid vitamin D, 5,000mg a day... prior to that I was always deficient. I would say try the twice a week for a month and take your bloodwork again. Ask the doc for a script because of the high D and see where you are at. Can I ask why you try and keep it so high?

I keep my vitamin D3 levels between 80 and 100 -- and just recently I went a bit too high at 105.  Since then, I have lowered my D3 supplementation from 5000 IU daily to 3x per week.

127 is a bit high, but you aren't actually toxi****il you go over 150.  Still, I would try to get my levels back down to the 80 to 100 range since having D too high can have some nasty side effects.  Still, I wouldn't be "freaked out" like your doctor at this point, but I would lower my dose and retest in 3 months to assure that you are at good level.

My vitamin D was 205 after taking 50K daily for 6 weeks. ( bad advice from some vets on OH). I stopped taking it as doctor requested. After 2 months, it was down to 103. I began taking 20k weekly and had my levels were checked every 6 weeks. With each lab check, I increased the weekly dose by 10K. (It bottomed out at 47).  When my level was in the 60's, the labs frequency decreased to every 3 months and then routine every 6 months.  It took me over a year to get my level at 80 and now I am taking 90k weekly. My level last month was 88.

My suggestion is to follow your doctor's advice. Ask, her if she will recheck your level in 4 weeks. If your level is >60, ask if you can restart 2- 50K dose weekly. If it is < 60, ask if you restart 125k weekly. Either way, ask for a follow up level check in 6 weeks. Then you can adjust your dose again, but please ask your doctor. 

Donna

If you don't feel comfortable stopping your Vit D for 4 weeks, ask your MD if you can reduce it to 125k weekly after stopping it for 2 weeks, and a level check in 3 months.  

Donna

I definitely wouldn't just stop taking it completely unless your doctor is going to repeat the test in 2-3 months! Our levels can drop very rapidly (and that is the part that most doctors don't seem to understand).  It likely increased just because of a gradual build-up over time.  The 3x a week is probably just a little too much.

FWIW, when mine got too high on the 50,000 3x/week (it was 124 and my PCP also freaked out), I cut back to twice a week and we re-checked in 6 months.  I let him know that I wasn't at all comfortable with just stopping it for any extended period of time. We compromised.  I skipped all doses for a week and then went or once per week as he suggested, but I did that just for a couple of weeks because I knew that wasn't going to be enough, so I went to twice a week in my own (and only told him when we repeated the lab.  

I am NOT recommending that you decide on your own, though.  I would talk to your doctor and make sure that she understands that our levels can drop drustic ally in just a couple of months and see if you can agree on a reduced dose and re-test schedule.  (Sometimes insurance gets nasty about re-checking Vit D because it so an expensive test, BTW.)

Lora

Hi Lora!

Where do you buy your vit K and which type of k is it?  

Donna

I don't take any Vit K because even though my level is a little low, I take blood thinner and Vit K counteracts that... So we just leave my levels low.

127 isn't a toxic level, at least not according to the Linus Pauling Institute and the Vitamin D Council.  It would be OK to be a little lower but it's not harmful at 127.

What I would do is cut back to twice a week.  I wouldn't stop taking it altogether personally.  I don't want to be deficient, and like I said, 127 isn't toxic according to many sources.

Thank you all so very much for your response. I saw my Dr. yesterday and told her I stopped it for a week and would start using it twice a week again. My insurance will not cover the test until May! I will retest then and adjust it accordingly. I don't want to go lower than 80, either. Since then, I remembered that  I was forgetting to take my AM pills and used my backup pills I carry in my purse for times like these. I had added the 50,000 to that backup before and must have taken it a little to often. I'm a school teacher and have to be at work by 6:35 to watch the students that are dropped off at 6:30 AM. I do have trouble going to sleep sometimes. I also suffer from chronic fatigue. Those nights that I can't sleep have caused me to wakeup later than 4:45 AM (my usual time) and run out the door with the protein shake in hand and no pills. I don't add the 50,000 D-3 to my spare ones anymore.  So glad we have each other's support system! 

Blessings to all!

Rosemary