Hello all,
Hoping to spread the word here and maybe help others 🙂
I've just been diagnosed with a severe Vitamin D deficiency. This deficiency can cause you to have very unpleasant aches and pains and can make an existing muscular or joint problem a lot worse (as it has done with my existing disc problem according to the doctor). There is a lot of information on the internet but just to say, if you are suffering with back pain it could be worth asking your doctor for a blood test to check your Vit D levels (particularly after our non-existent summer as much of what you get comes from the sun).
Hi,
The same here and I had to practically beg for the test to be done as the hospital said no-one is vitamin D deficient nowadays!
Hi,
The same here and I had to practically beg for the test to be done as the hospital said no-one is vitamin D deficient nowadays!
I bet you are relieved to find out! Now you can do something about how you have been feeling eh? Seriously though, that is crazy, that hospital should know better. It was my GP's idea to test for it, along with everything else, given my symptoms. Good luck 🙂
Glad I saw this thread because I've also just been prescribed vitamin D and calcium after years of back pain and several years of joint pain. After countless blood tests for all sorts of things I was finally referred to rheumatology.
I not sure what the actual diagnosis is, as I haven't seen my GP yet, but the tablets I'm on are for osteoporosis. If this is the case could it have been prevented if a deficiency had been detected earlier?
Surely vitamin D deficiency must be quite prevalent at the moment, and maybe we all need testing for it to prevent problems in later life.
Blessings Iolanthe X
Glad I saw this thread because I've also just been prescribed vitamin D and calcium after years of back pain and several years of joint pain. After countless blood tests for all sorts of things I was finally referred to rheumatology.
I not sure what the actual diagnosis is, as I haven't seen my GP yet, but the tablets I'm on are for osteoporosis. If this is the case could it have been prevented if a deficiency had been detected earlier?
Surely vitamin D deficiency must be quite prevalent at the moment, and maybe we all need testing for it to prevent problems in later life.
Blessings Iolanthe X
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No. Osteoporosis had many causes - mainly hormonal. Basically the turnover of new bone slows down. Old bone is removed but production of new bone can't keep up. So the bone becomes porous and fragile. You will have been prescribed calcium and vitamin D not because you are deficient but because you need more calcium to try and keep your bones strong - and Vitamin D is needed for absorption and proper use of the calcium. You should also have been put on a weekly tablets- something like Fosamax or Alendronic Acid.
Someone who is deficient in Vitamin D to the point where they have symptoms needs a MUCH higher dose of Vitamin D than is present in the tablets you have been given. they contain something 250 iu. Someone with vitmain D deficiency needs 50,000 iu
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No. Osteoporosis had many causes - mainly hormonal. Basically the turnover of new bone slows down. Old bone is removed but production of new bone can't keep up. So the bone becomes porous and fragile. You will have been prescribed calcium and vitamin D not because you are deficient but because you need more calcium to try and keep your bones strong - and Vitamin D is needed for absorption and proper use of the calcium. You should also have been put on a weekly tablets- something like Fosamax or Alendronic Acid.
Someone who is deficient in Vitamin D to the point where they have symptoms needs a MUCH higher dose of Vitamin D than is present in the tablets you have been given. they contain something 250 iu. Someone with vitmain D deficiency needs 50,000 iu
I've been prescribed 60,000 iu - caused a few raised eyebrows at the pharmacy!
I've been prescribed 60,000 iu - caused a few raised eyebrows at the pharmacy!
I bet it did. And the capsules have to specially made and are fearfully expensive, and in some cases only available on what is called a named patient basis because they haven't gone through the whole testing system to get a license.
But the GOOD news it is being used more commonly, which means this problem IS being recognised. Eventually they will probably be available in a licensed form, In the meantime don't expect your pharmacy to be able to get them off the shelf at their normal supplier!
Things might be changing already 🙂 My doctor prescribed tablets, which the pharmacy didn't have, so after much ringing around I had to get the prescription changed to capsules as they had loads of these.
I hope this deficiency does become recognised and well known, the symptoms are debilitating.
Thanks for the info Tashanie. The tablets are 400 I.U so you must be right.
Blessings Iolanthe X
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