anyone have allergic reaction to Vitamin D?

[TamraW]

Hi! I switched to a new Vitamin D, a liquid 1,000 mg with no soy or gluten. I took it yesterday along with my new B12. My face swelled up. Today I decided not to take the B12, thinking that had caused a reaction.

I took the D today and my face swelled again, so I guess it is the D that is making me sick. I had a terrible reaction when my first endo gave me the 50,000 unit gel caps. I thought it was the soy in the gel, but now I wonder if I'm allergic to D.

Anyone ever heard of that? How do you treat this?

:) Tamra

[RemoteOne]

I was taking omega3 from Trader JOes and got the worst reaction - my muscle became 'frozen' like for a week! Felt dreadful.  Now years later am taking Vita D3 and just taking Vita A again and trying Salmon Oil.  Realizing something is wrong as am feeling so ill and itchy! Started researching this and found that oils can go rancid and if there's an issue with Vit D3 or other can be your liver is reacting to it. The soy oil and other ingredients too.  And possible can go into inflammations of the body which I feel am experiencing.   Vitamins interact with each other and getting to much of one may throw the whole healthy thing off in your system. I take a bit of vinegar every day and add more to my foods (Asian style) and drinking more water!  Am using Walmart Spring Valley brands and Trader Joes Salmon Oil  which am going to curb but not my magnesium!  Eat more of my vitamin D and A  and not farm raised Salmon!  Back to researching.  My stepmother a nurse from the Army said 'you are what you eat'...ole school and just about right!  Good health!

[pedrosal]

I experienced similar symptons.  Did you find a solution?

[Barb135]

You are responding to very old comments and these members are no longer active on the forum.  It's highly unlikely you will get a response to your question.

[into_the_mystic]

UPDATE:


I finally found a type of vitamin D supplement that I can tolerate.  

There are currently three types of vitamin D supplements available:

1) supplements which contain vitamin D3 derived from lanolin (sheep's wool),

2) supplements which contain vitamin D3 derived from lichen, and

3) supplements which contain vitamin D derived from cod liver oil.

There are a few manufacturers who use *only* cod livers in their cod liver oil products.  Most "coid liver oil" products contain primarily vitamin D3 derived from lanolin as the source of their vitamin D.  The problem with most of the pure cod liver oil formulations is that they contain an excessive amount of vitamin A.

I have tried several of the lichen-derived products.  Most of them contained other ingredients which I could not tolerate.  I recently found a manufacturer who makes a very pure formulation which contains only lichen-derived vitamin D3 and organic rice flour.  This product is called DailyD and is manufactured by Do Vitamins.  

My vitamin D levels were below normal.  I am so glad that this company is making this product!  

DISCLAIMER: I have no financial interest in this company.

[Barb135]

None of the previous posters on this thread are currently active on the forum, so it's unlikely that anyone will respond.  It's good to have that information, though, in case someone else has the same/similar issues.

[sportswidow311]

My vitamin D is really low, too.  11, in fact.  I've had many of the symptoms, of course. I tried many different D3 supplements and felt worse once I took them.... even with a low dose of 100IU. After doing some research, I found out that the D3 I was taking (Cholecalciferol) is lanolin based... and I'm allergic to wool!  So, I am allergic to that particular form of it!  I found a VEGAN version (made by Country Life)... made from lichen... and tada!  I can tolerate it now! I take 5000 IU a day for a month now, and I am starting to feel better. I'll go in for blood work soon to make sure it's getting better/not too high, but I have such a long way to go to get to normal levels. I hope this helps you!  

[spage7777]

Are you still taking the Country Life D3 from lichen?  How are your D levels now?

[Barb135]

sportswidow is no longer active on the forum and is unlikely to respond to your question.

[into_the_mystic]

You are not alone regarding your reactions to vitamin D.  I, and others, have the same problem.  I cannot tolerate any product that contains lanolin.

I am going to try a lichen-sourced vitamin D3 product made by Vitashine to see if I can tolerate that.

[pedrosal]

DId it work?

[into_the_mystic]

Thanks for your interest and help!

I cannot take *any* vitamin D product that contains lanolin.  I react to even the liquid vitamin D drops that contain very few additional ingredients.

I did contact Solgar and was informed (by email) that ALL of their vitamin D products contain lanolin.

If you know of any vitamin D products that are sourced from fish oil (and contain NO added lanolin), would you please post that information here?

I have read that there is one brand that makes vitamin D from mushrooms, but I am allergic to mushrooms, too.

I have an autoimmune condition that prevents me from being able to get my vitamin D from the sun.

Thanks!

[pedrosal]

Have you tried D3 from Lichen (vegetable source)?

[Barb135]

You are responding to very old comments and these members are no longer active on the forum.  It's highly unlikely you will get a response to your question.