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View Post: The Heart Scan Blog: Vitamin D2 rip-offs
23 Nov 2007 by Dr. Davis  
Ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) as Drisdol oral solution, 1 bottle $146.26. How about vitamin D3/cholecalciferol? Carlson's brand cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), 120 capsules $5.09. Cholecalciferol, vitamin D3, is far less expensive than ...
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View Post: Dr. Frank Lipman: Vitamin D: What You Need To Know
7 Oct 2009 by Dr. Frank Lipman  
Drisdol is a prescription of 50000 IU tablets of vitamin D2 or ergocalciferol. Ergocalciferol is not vitamin D but it is similar. D2 is not normally found in humans and most studies show it does not raise 25(OH)D levels as well as ..... If you are only looking to maintain a balanced level by oral intake, that is probably not so good. Mother Nature invented our bodies so carefully, I will wager that if you spend sufficient time outdoors and eat whole healthy foods, ...
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View Post: Aderogyl 15 – Ingestible Solution. Strengthen your defenses ...
13 Oct 2009 by oscarvalles  
Do not exceed 2 vials a week. Route of administration: oral. FORMULA: the vial contains: Retinol 10 mg. (equivalent to 6000 IU of vitamin A palmitate) Ergocalciferol (equivalent to 400 IU of vitamin D2) Vehicle c.b.p.: 3 ml. ...
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View Post: We are going to Disney Land! « California Blogging
27 Jan 2008 by californiablogging  
Now I am looking online for Vitamin D2 drops for cheap. (Ergocalciferol oral solution Vitamin D2 let me know where to get this if you know please. ALso, some special lights too.) I just don't want to deal with this complication and the ...
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View Post: Christiane Northrup, MD: Protect Your Breasts With Vitamin D
21 Aug 2009 by Christiane Northrup, MD  
Dr. Larry Dossey: Killing the Killers: How We Can Eliminate Heart Disease and Cancer. We need to wake up to the obvious: the solution is already here, and it rests on prevention, not invention. ..... Prescription vitamin D may well be Ergocalciferol Vitamin D2. This is a less effective form of the vitamin. Some people are unable to hydroxylate it into the active hormone. Changing to D3 may well solve that problem. 50000iu a week is equivalent to 7000iu/daily vitamin D. ...
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View Post: Fosamax Plus D (Alendronate Sodium & Cholecalciferol) Drug ...
2 Dec 2008
No data are available for cholecalciferol (vitamin D3). Administration of high doses ( ≥ 10000 IU/every other day) of ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) to pregnant rabbits resulted in abortions and an increased incidence of fetal aortic stenosis . ...... Some drugs may interfere with the absorption of this medication, such as quinapril, certain forms of didanosine (chewable/dispersible buffered tablets or pediatric oral solution), sucralfate, bismuth subsalicylate, mineral oil, ...
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View Post: Ignite Seattle 7 is Happening on 8/3 - Ignite Event
29 Jul 2009 by Brady Forrest  
Further hydroxylation of these metabolites occurs in the mitochondria of kidney tissue, catalyzed by renal 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1-О±-hydroxylase to produce 1О±,25-(OH)2D2, the primary biologically active form of vitamin D2, ... The approximate incidence of deep-vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in users of low dose (<50 Ојg ethinyl estradiol) combination oral contraceptives is up to 4 per 10000 woman-years compared to 0.5-3 per 10000 woman-years for non-users. ...
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View Post: Dr. Holick's Responses to Participant Questions During the ...
6 Mar 2009 by mfholick  
Response: I typically treat vitamin D deficiency in CKD patients on dialysis with 50000 IU of vitamin D once a week for eight weeks as an oral capsule, and once the blood level of 25(OH)D is > 30 ng/ml, then I maintain their vitamin D ...... Response: In the United States, the only vitamin D form available by prescription for physicians is vitamin D2 also known as ergocalciferol. It comes either in a capsule with 50000 IU of vitamin D2 or it comes in a liquid form for ...
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View Post: Animal Pharm: Wheat: Is It Evil Or Just in the Context of Vitamin ...
3 Jun 2008 by Dr. BG  
She was not responsive to large doses of parenterally administered dihydrotachysterol (fake foreign synthetic vitamin D version) and calcium, but she was responsive to the oral administration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25-OHD3 = natural). The data suggest that 25-OHD3 is .... Dr. B G said... Here is the link with poor glycemic control with synthetic Vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) Dr. Gerry Schwarfenberg, MD, CCFP http://www.cfp.ca/cgi/reprint/53/9/1435. June 04, 2008 9:52 AM ...
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