Thu, Sep-30-10, 17:38
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Plan: Mostly carnivory
Stats: 145/145/145
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Progress: -20%
Location: Ohio
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Stoss therapy is essentially a course of high dose D3 for a short period of time, then followed by maintenance doses days afterwards.. It's like a high-dose pulse to overcome particularly challenging disease states.
Shobha, this is the best I could find from Cannell at the D council, although I realize this is related to individuals with asthma:
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Even More Vitamin D Questions & Answers
There is a growing literature suggesting that vitamin D may not just help asthma, but may cure it. In my experience, how long it takes to help asthma depends on how long you have had asthma. Adults with asthma should take 10,000 IU per day and shoot for a 25(OH)D of around 100 ng/mL (250 nmol/L). Children with asthma should take at least 2,000 IU for every 25 pounds of body weight, also shooting for a 25(OH)D of around 100 ng/mL (250 nmol/L). Like depression, asthma is a disease with a serious morbidity and mortality, thus more aggressive dosing is indicated. After the asthma disappears, slowly reduce your asthma meds under the supervision of your doctor, then slowly reduce the dose of vitamin D to standard doses of 5,000 IU/day for adults, and 1,000 IU/day for every 25 pounds of body weight in children, keeping 25(OH)D levels between 50 and 80 ng/mL (125–200 nmol/L).
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Your little one is roughly 27.55 pounds. You were providing roughly 9,074 IU per 25 lbs of body weight.
It sounds like a bit much, but I personally wouldn't be concerned given the duration of the intake at that level. Perhaps going forward, use the, perhaps conservative, amount Cannell suggests for children at 1,000 IU per 25 lbs of body weight as a daily dose? I know it doesn't answer you immediate questions, but I hope it helps in some way.
Last edited by Jayppers : Thu, Sep-30-10 at 17:49.
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