Posted by morgan miller on November 19, 2010, at 15:39:16
In reply to Re: Vitamin D causing dry mouth, sleep problems, posted by Bob12 on November 19, 2010, at 12:33:28
> I checked my blood levels around a month ago, and my Dr said my Vitamin D levels were low when I was taking 400 IU.
> She recommended I move up to 800 IU, but that was several weeks later, and I had already tried 1200 IU for a while, which was too much.
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> I am worried it might have interacted with the Zyprexa I am taking.
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> Hopefully the vitamin D side effects will go away soon.
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> Bob12Hmm, not sure how vitamin D could react to Zyprexa. How long have you been on Zyprexa? I guess if changes in vitamin D dosing bring on changes in symptoms, it must be the vitamin D and not a development in how Zyprexa is affecting you.
Maybe you are allergic to lanolin, which is the most common source of vitamin D used for supplements. You could try going with a vitamin D supplement that uses fish liver as a source, like Carlson Solar D softgels. Or, if you take fish oil, you could switch to the Carlson cod liver oil that has extra vitamin D, I believe it is called "Super D" cod liver oil. Maybe these other forms will not give you the reactions you are experiencing.
Whatever vitamin D supplement you are taking, an oil based softgel is most likely the best absorbed type.
Do you remember what your vitamin level was? Under 30 ng/ml is below healthy. Under 20 ng/ml is getting really low. Optimal levels appear to be between 40 and 50, but really we don't know for sure what is optimal yet.
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