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What Prognosis Is Suggested For Severe Vitamin D3 Deficiency?
Question: HI Doctor, My 25 HYDROXY VITAMIN D-TOTAL is 6.20. Looks like there is a deficiency as teh normal range is 30 - 100. Please suggest the medication in this regard. I delivered a year back and was taking shelcal 500 even after delivery. It has been 6 months that i have stopped Shelcal 500.
Brief Answer:
Severe deficiency of Vit D3
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Did you get Serum Calcium and Serum PTH (parathormone) done? I could not notice in the report attached. You had delivered a baby and did not know the hormone status after that. The treatment depends on the values of all the three.
There seem a severe deficiency of Vitamin D for now. It needs to be treated.
First we should fill the deficiency and give maintainence dose.
You should start taking D-RISE 60K, one gel capsule once a week with milk in the morning for 12 weeks. Retest the levels, if it is corrected over 25, we can give a maintainence dose of 2000 IU per day thereon.
You can continue to take SHELCAL500 once a day.
Severe deficiency of Vit D3
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Did you get Serum Calcium and Serum PTH (parathormone) done? I could not notice in the report attached. You had delivered a baby and did not know the hormone status after that. The treatment depends on the values of all the three.
There seem a severe deficiency of Vitamin D for now. It needs to be treated.
First we should fill the deficiency and give maintainence dose.
You should start taking D-RISE 60K, one gel capsule once a week with milk in the morning for 12 weeks. Retest the levels, if it is corrected over 25, we can give a maintainence dose of 2000 IU per day thereon.
You can continue to take SHELCAL500 once a day.
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