Large Doses of Vitamin D helpful in Osteoporosis

Dear Pam,

Thank you so much for your encouraging words, and for also your advice and guidance of the past, as a consequence of which I have been encouraged to share more of my experiences and knowledge with others on this esteemed site.

Yours,

Priya

Hi Priya:  You might be interested in reading the following web site from the Univ of WA bone physiology course on vitamin D, the author (Dr. Ott) is also a member of the ASBMR, American Society of Bone and Mineral Research. 

http://courses.washington.edu/bonephys/opvitD.html

Unfortunately, those of us with hypercalcemia wouldn't be able to take these high doses of D for osteoporosis, since it could possibly raise our calcium levels, but it sure would be nice if we could find an alternative to bisphosphonates that would become the "panacea" for bone loss.

Here's another symposium you may be interested in, from the ASBMR on vitamin D. 

http://app2.capitalreach.com/esp1204/servlet/tc?cn=asbmr&c=10169&s=20343&e=6950&&

The audio and slides options is nice since you can listen to it while doing other things, but the format for download is up to you.  Enjoy!!

Take Care...

Priya, I just tried the second link, and if you have trouble with it, just copy and paste it into the browsers address bar.

Good luck...

Dear Pam,

As always you are the expert, and your knowledge is staggering in all fields of medicine. Thank you for your support of my post on Vit D, and also for the links to the very helpful and detailed researches on Vit D. I will go to them right now!!

With best wishes and thanks,

Yours,

Priya

(nathji)

Dear Phyllis,

Thank you for your kind words. I do hope Vit D takes over the role of biophosphonates which are now becoming more frightening than ever because of terrible side effects being reported by almost all the persons one comes across. On the contrary no one seems to say anything against high intakes of Vit D, which is a very encouraging sign.

Thank you for reading my posts on NOF as well.

Yours,

nathji

Dear Caroline,

Thank you for being kind enough to post a response. You have given all of us a very vital piece of information -- that Actonel remains in the body for two years even after it has been stopped.  I  had often wondered what would happen, since I took Actonel for 14 months and then stopped altogether, because I had a "sick" feeling all the time and aches in the legs while walking. I feel better after stopping Actonel, but I dont know how the bone density test will fare. What if the bone density is bad -- while I feel well overall? This has been the experience with some, who stopped biophophonates and then went into a panic after the bone tests and started taking them again--even though they were feeling well!

I have begun to take Vitamin D at the 60,000 IU dosage that is available here. To be on the safe side I take one dose every 10 days, which averages to 6000 IU per day.

Since no blood testing is available where I live in the Himalayan mountains, I am taking the dose very carefully.It has been rightly pointed out by Pam Flores that you cannot take Vit D in hig doses if you already have a high calcium level-- which will then get aggravated further.

When I took the first dose of 60,000 IU I felt as if I was filled with a plurge of energy and that I could walk over the proverbial "tallest mountain"-- but with the second dose I did not get the same feeling. They say it builds up slowly in the system over a period of months. Many people have reported this "splurge" of vitality after the first large dose. How much Vit D translates into benefits for bone density probably has not been investigated fully. I will get a bone density done after some days and will find out.

Dacid Mendosa has a much more informative post on Vit D at:

http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/69970/comments

Best wishes,

Yours,

Priya