vitamin D?

RedPenguins · Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 7:49 pm Post subject: vitamin D?

Does anyone know how much vitamin D (and what kind? d2 or d3??) the people who did hicy @ Rush are currently taking?

thanks,

keri

chrishasms · Family Elder Joined: Sep 15, 2006 Posts: 1091

I use the D3 or as my wife puts it, "The good stuff."

How long was your turn around time Keri? Day in to release?

indigoinmotion · Family Member Joined: May 21, 2009 Posts: 35

Hi Chris,

I have been following your journey as well as Kerri's. You guys have given me a lot of hope for the future of ms treatment. I love reading about your progress! Maybe one day I'll join your ranks and consult a dr. at John Hopkins.
How much D3 do you take a day? I have been taking up to 10, 000 iu and it seems to be helping.

Thanks, karen: )

Curious11 · Newbie Joined: Mar 11, 2009 Posts: 2

I was told to take 5,000 IU's of Vitamin D (type was not specified) a day from my Neuro at Rush.

chrishasms · Family Elder Joined: Sep 15, 2006 Posts: 1091

My wife as well as Jimmylegs will tell you the best kind and most easily absorbed is the D3.

Have you Vitamin D tested because more than likely it is low. Your GP will give you some killer Vitamin d to get you up to a normal range.

I take 2000iu a day at night for best absorption. This keeps me near 40.

prof8 · Family Elder Joined: Jul 14, 2008 Posts: 183

I did not have HiCy. However, I take 4,000 a day now. My big MS clinic likes to see their MS patients in the 60-80 range for Vitamin D. My regular GP said always take it with food as it is better absorbed with fat (even saltine crackers will do for "fat").

jimmylegs · Family Elder Joined: Mar 12, 2006 Posts: 3681

fyi you need to keep you magnesium and calcium intake up there to match 4000IU per day d3. i took d3 with mag and cal for oh, over a year i guess, but i did the mag aspect wrong at first and ended up having troubles because of it.

jbro · Getting to Know You... Joined: Jun 09, 2009 Posts: 22

Hello everybody. I have had chroinic progressive MS [not sure if primary or secondary] for 23 years. I was turned down by JH for the Revimmune procedure. I just started at a research hospital, Wash U. in StL, and I am not sure of what current studies are the most promising, and whether they are available to people with progressive, rather than R-R MS.

The JH people said Revimmune would not be good for me b/c I am too far along, but I have always wondered if it had more to do with the fact that I am not R-R, which studies seem to prefer.

One other question. I have noticed people here writing about vitamin D. Is that something everybody with MS shopuld be taking or is that to fight the side effects of a study process?[/b]

daniel

AJWANTSACURE · Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 6:20 am Post subject:

my neurologist gave me a script for vit D3 - 50,000 iu once a weeek.
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tashenoir · Newbie Joined: Feb 13, 2010 Posts: 5

5000 IU of D3.

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