One thing that’s really becoming obvious at our clinic these days is how quickly a properly built-up vitamin D level can drop. One example of this is a women who had her levels up to 80 ng/Ml back in June. She did this by taking 10,000 IU’s daily for 2 months. With the start of summer she lowered her dose to 5,000 IU’s daily and just completed her re-check during the middle week of Sept. Her level is now 51 ng/Ml, still good but substantially lower considering we just made it through the high point of our vitamin D season. One of the ways we’re addressing some of these in between dosing challenges is by having patients take 5,000 IU’s Mon-Fri and then 10,000 on Saturday and Sunday.

I’ve found a couple of recent vitamin D headlines and posted them below…

The Sunshine Vitamin May Relieve Diabetic Pain - Vitamin D may help relieve a painful neurological condition in people with diabetes known as neuropathy, according to a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Death Rate from Cancer Slashed 55 Percent with High Vitamin D Levels - A higher vitamin D intake can decrease your risk of dying from cancer by 55 percent, new research has shown. After adjusting for a variety of confounding factors, the researchers found that people with the highest blood levels of 25(OH)D had a 55 percent lower risk of dying from cancer than those with the lowest levels.

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