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Re: SSRIs and bone loss » Larry Hoover

Posted by Quintal on August 21, 2007, at 17:01:46

In reply to Re: SSRIs and bone loss » Quintal, posted by Larry Hoover on August 21, 2007, at 16:34:56

Well I've taken multivitamins containing vitamin D for years, long before I started taking psych meds, so I hope that confers some protection. I suspect you're going to tell me I'm not taking enough though?

>Maybe SSRIs do inhibit the blasts....but vitamin D activates them.

I trust you know better than me on that Lar, though we'd need controlled trials to demonstrate that vitamin D was actually effective in reversing/preventing SSRI-induced bone loss. It seems exposure to TCAs may also be a risk factor. I wonder what the powers that be are going to do about this?

>Vitamin D intake recommendations are being constantly increased. Last I saw, there were doctors lobbying for an RDA of about 4000 IU/day.

My multivitamin supplement falls well short of that at 5 micrograms/day. 4000IU seems to be well above the current U.S. Dietary Reference Intake Tolerable Upper Intake Level:
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The exact long-term safe dose of vitamin D is not entirely known, but dosages up to 60 micrograms (2,400 IU) /day in healthy adults are believed to be safe.[8] The U.S. Dietary Reference Intake Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) of vitamin D for children and adults is 50 micrograms/day (2000 IU/day).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calciferol#Overdose
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