Best Vit D3

twooten
on 5/20/16 10:57 pm, edited 5/21/16 11:00 am - Loveland, CO

I am 5 yrs post op and now am very low on my D3.... Got my labs back and the normal range is 25-80 mine came back as back as 4.2 or less as my lab can't test or read any lower than that..... my doc wants me to start 10,000 daily asap ..... i ordered bariatric advanctace dry vit d 5000 but it will take at least a week to get to me so until then i need something else.... I want to get this fixed asap as i will need to get blood/iron transfusions to fix anemia too

Tami HW: 288 / SW: 273 / SG: 187 GOAL REACHED / PG: 160
Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 5/21/16 3:32 am - OH

Pretty much any brand of dry (not oil-based) Vit D is fine.  (Your post got cut off so it doesn't say how low yours is or how much you are taking...)

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

twooten
on 5/21/16 11:02 am - Loveland, CO

My range is less than 4.2 bc that is as low as the lab can report for vit d3 on the tests.... and the doc wants me to jump up to 10000 a day

Tami HW: 288 / SW: 273 / SG: 187 GOAL REACHED / PG: 160
H.A.L.A B.
on 5/21/16 6:20 am

I use dry BioTech Pharmacal - D3-50 (50,000 IU) - 100 Count

http://www.amazon.com/BioTech-Pharmacal-D3-50-000-Count/dp/B 000A0F2B2

It is 50,000 iu . yes. A lot. When I was low on D I used that nce a day for a week..then scaled down to 2 times a week for the next month. Retested. 

Too high D is toxic. So if you decide to take a lot daily - make sure you get blood work done more often. 

Now I take it 2 times a week..it is enough to keep my D in a very good range. 

The bottle has 100 caps. That one small bottle lasts me for a year at my current use. 

Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG

"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"

"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."

NHPOD9
on 5/24/16 8:15 am

I use this brand as well, but in the 5000 iu dosage. I struggle with taking supplements weekly, so the 5000 unit allows me to take it daily with everything else (I take 15000 iu daily). 

 

~Jen
RNY, 8/1/2011
HW: 348          SW: 306          CW:-fighting regain
    GW: 140


He who endures, conquers. ~Persius

twooten
on 5/21/16 10:56 am - Loveland, CO
aesposito
on 5/23/16 7:17 pm

Ditto what HALA said.  One 50,000 IU D3 a week from Amazon, and I'm good to go.  I take that and my B-12 on Mondays and my levels have been pitch perfect for a few years now.

Audrey

Highest weight: 340
Surgery weight: 313
Surgery date: 10/24/11
Current weight 170... 170 pounds lost!!!!

I am not a doctor, but I play one at work.

kerbear1969
on 5/24/16 3:37 am - MD

I am still using patchmd D3 patches and since surgery my blood work was fine with the exception of early on low sodium but I upped my salt and perfectomundo since then.  The only ones I take by mouth are hair skin and nails, disolvable biotin and chewable probiotics.

RNY 8/6/15 HW 304 LW 124lbs RW 165 CW 140 Weight loss stats: Liquid Pre-op -35, August-18, September-12, October-11, November-18, December-16, January-12, February-10, March-11, April -8, May-11, June-5 July-5,August-6

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