Vitamin D injections?

In a previous article, [email hidden] (grilledcheese)
wrote: ->A friend of mine has been prescribed injections of
vitamin d. He says ->that insurance doesn't cover it, it is
very expensive and they may ->stop producing it. I have been
asked to find an inexpensive place to ->purchase it. Can
anyone give me more information on it? I believe he ->uses
d2, ergocalciferol. Is there a difference between d2 and d3?
-> ->As background info, he seems to have celiac's disease,
which has ->rasied cain with his absorption of vitamins,
hence the injections of D.

I suggest you post your question to the celiac mailing list:

maelstrom.stjohns.educeliac.htmlOpen ↗

Have you contacted a veterinarian? They use vitamin D shots.
🙂 (Don't laugh, I know someone who was using veterinary
vitamin B on themselves!)

[email hidden] (grilledcheese) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

A friend of mine has been prescribed injections of
vitamin d. He says that insurance doesn't cover it, it
is very expensive and they may stop producing it. I have
been asked to find an inexpensive place to purchase it.
Can anyone give me more information on it? I believe he
uses d2, ergocalciferol. Is there a difference between
d2 and d3?

As background info, he seems to have celiac's disease,
which has rasied cain with his absorption of vitamins,
hence the injections of
D.

Thanks in advance.

20 minutes a day of sun on your face and hands at US
latitudes is enough to give you all the D most people need.
If you spend more time with more skin exposed, you get
proportionately more.

If this guy thinks he needs injections, either he's jerking
your chain or he's actually a vampire.

SBH

Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX said:

Steve Harris said:

20 minutes a day of sun on your face and hands at US
latitudes is enough to give you all the D most people
need. If you spend more time with more skin exposed, you
get proportionately more.

A friend of mine was prescribed a 50,000 unit pill once a
week to prevent bone loss. Turns out she can't tolerate
anywhere that gigadose. She was sick for a week or more
after taking one pill. She has a history of being sensitive
to meds others tolerate easily.

Vitamin D is one of the vitamins that can be deadly in
overdose.

PF