Greetings, ak! Just received a reply to a question I posted to the Vitamin D Council website regarding injectable Vit D. Here it is:
"Injectable vitamin D does exist and is frequently used in clinical studies at doses (that I have seen) up to 600,000 IU at one time. The trick is finding a physician who can supply you with it."
Hope this helps! The current and past issues of this newsletter are a treasure trove of information about Vit D. They are free to view at .com
A reply to my question posted to vitamindcouncil.com just came back and refers to the April 2008 issue of the Council Newsletter and specifically to an article by Dr. John Connell about the Marshall Protocol:
http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/newsletter/2008-april.shtml
The article opens with, "I have been inundated with letters asking about Professor Marshall's recent "discovery."
Perhaps this info will be helpful to all of us as we attempt to piece together the puzzle of our personal vitamin D situations. Best to all--
I am confused. You're asking for help, but you seem to be rigidly defending your own scientific research and discounting the medical doctors including people associated by review with Mayo Clinic. Why not consider at least looking at what the top Vitamin D scientists/medical doctors in the world have determined through more than 50 years of research? Such as Dr. Holick's "ECTS Presentation" at vitamindhealth.ORG. Ten top Vitamin D scientists are listed at vitamindcouncil.com.
If you live near a medical school (research center with a clinic) perhaps you might obtain another opinion there. I hope you find the answers you seek. Take care.
Hi, I had my vit. D tested and it was 8 and I was advised to take 10,000iu per day, does any one know if doctors give a vit. D shot.
Thanks,
AK
@minmtn
k. well thanks for your reply and now i do have some doubts about the marshall protocol, however, the science i have investigated into it seems to be very valid. It makes sense if your body cannot target specific bacterial cells due to their cell wall disappearing and that the supplementation of more vitamin d (to your already high active levels) would not be what you want to do... in fact the worst thing you could do.
I had a blood test done recently and it revealed some abnormalities. Specifically my Vit.D 25-OH level is 13 !!!! scary. (on this test paper it says normal range is between 20-100 even though i have read on here people are saying 30-50 is the absolute low?) D3 is also 13 and D2 says it is <4. My doctor wanted to prescribe me vitamin d supplements but I explained my findings about the fact that Vit.D deficiency is typically a marker of an underlying condition which is causing the symptoms, and not the cause itself. He finally came around to agree with this and ordered a full panel test of vitamin d. I am hopeful this will test and show the ratio difference between the active and inactive vit.d in my blood and that if my 1,25 is found high, that I can get more testing done to find out the cause of this, as obviously Vit.D supplementation would NOT be a recommended treatment.
In addition to my extremely low Vit.D levels, my Eosinophils are high at 5.4 (says 0.0-4.0 is normal) and my Anion Gap is low @ 6 (7-15 normal). I did a bit of research into eosinophils and found that it can be related to some pretty serious (and rare) disorders and even specific (rare) blood cancers. I am not a hypochondriac, its just that the reason i think the worst is because i have had so many symptoms for so many years (about 6-7 years) and I just wish they would take me seriously so that my disorder could be found and I could then hope for a treatment.
Any suggestions on what else I should ask to get checked? I have a return appointment to discuss the results of the full Vit.D panel in a few weeks. thanks so much.
Thanks so much for your response. I will watch the video. I will inquire with his doctors also about the calcium. We live in St Louis, but he is being treated for his dysautonomia at University Hospital in Cleveland. They have been great.
Thanks for the info,
Christy