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Suggest Vitamin D3 Dosage Inspite Of Having Single Kidney
Question: I am taking 6,000 IUs of Vitamin D3. Do you think this is too high? What side effects and what do you recommend? Do you consider having only 1 kidney "kidney disease"? Lots of strange things are going on with me -- mass hair loss, excessive weight gain, tired all the time, mind sometimes confused. I also take Clonazepam for anxiety. Thank you. XXXXXXX Beidler
Brief Answer:
Yes. The dosage is correct.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query.
The usual dosage of vitamin D3 is 60000IU once a week. The tablet is best if taken with milk. The dosage you are taking is not very high. Please do not worry.
Having a single kidney is not considered as a disease. The other kidney hypertrophies and compensates for the loss of one kidney.
The symptoms that you are having can be due to vitamin D3 deficiency. These will improve gradually. A metabolic imbalance also needs to be ruled out after investigations.
I hope this answers your query.
In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out.
Wishing you good health.
Regards.
Dr. Praveen Tayal.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
I am taking 6000IU per day not per week.
Brief Answer:
The dose is alright.
Detailed Answer:
Hello.
Thanks for writing again.
You can take sixty thousand IU per week. Taking six thousand per day is not a high dose.
Hope my answer is helpful.
If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish you good health.
Regards
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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