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Hi JL,



Here's some more info that may be helpful for folks. The conversion factor for vitamin D3 units in ng/mL to nmol/L is roughly 2.6 so 125-150 nmol/L = 48-58 ng/mL.

NHE

hey NHE!

actually i think 2.6 is for the 1,25 metabolite.

for 25(OH)D3 it's 2.496 according to the site i tend to use,
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/scale ... _data.html
so 40 works out to the 100 cut-off.

and yes, higher than 40 if you're going for 125-150 nmol/L

the upper cutoff of 250 nmol/L works out to 100 ng/mL

hope that helps, bill!

jimmylegs

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Thanks for checking on that. The web page you referenced was also incorrect. The 1,25 should be 2.400. The following figure is from a vitamin D review published in the American Journal of Physiology. I have added the molecular weights as well as the conversion factors.

NHE


Dusso, A.S., et al. Vitamin D. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 289:8-28, 2005.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15951480

cool! at least there's agreement on the 2.496 then

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my approach: no meds so far - just balanced whole foods (partial 'paleo', much less outright elimination), science, supplements, & bloodwork
my regimen - www.thisisms.com/ftopict-2489.html
www.whfoods.com, www.nutritiondata.com

Hey
Just found something that might help your wife:
http://www.ei-resource.org/expert-colum ... thic-pain/
Inositol and B1 are what helps me the most...But I would definitely get checked for lyme disease with an LLMD, bartonella and borreliosis can definitely cause nerve pain and mimic MS...