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Vitamin D loading doses quickly and safely raise levels – meta-analysis Dec 2021


Safety and effectiveness of vitamin D mega-dose: A systematic review

Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2021 Dec;46:115-120. doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.09.010
Fernanda Lauar Ataide 1, Larissa Matos Carvalho Bastos 2, Matheus Franklin Vicente Matias 2, Thelma Larocca Skare 3, Jozélio Freire de Carvalho 4

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Hyper: calcemia, calciuria
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Introduction: Supplementation with high doses of vitamin D, known as mega-dose or "stoss therapy," refers to administering high doses of vitamin D by oral or intramuscular route in short periods of time. In this sense, conducting a review to organize this knowledge in a single article will generate a helpful instrument for researchers working in this area and for health professionals who use this therapeutic tool.

Objective: To carry out a literature review on safety and efficacy (normalization of serum vitamin D level, and changes in the clinical picture) of vitamin D mega-dose use.

Methodology: This is a systematic review of the literature searching data through the electronic banks of PubMed, Scielo, and LILACS, using the following keywords: "vitamin D," "mega-dose," "stoss therapy," "cholecalciferol," in different combinations. CONSORT questionnaire was used to assess the quality of the included studies.

Results: Of the 59 articles screened for this review, 10 were included in the review, studying patients with rickets, osteoporosis, and critically ill patients. Two studies compared the exact dosage of vitamin D by different routes of administration, and three studies compared different doses by the same route. All others studied vitamin D mega-dose versus placebo. Adverse effects were observed through the presence of hypercalcemia/hypercalciuria. Serum vitamin D levels were normalized between 70 and 100% of patients, and adverse effects ranged between 1.9 and 18.5%.

Conclusion: The study demonstrated that vitamin D mega-dose therapy is effective in normalizing serum vitamin levels, and the toxicity assessed through adverse effects was low, with no expressive clinical significance. Despite this, there is still a need for further studies in the area to confirm the results found.


VitaminDWiki observations

  • Vitamin d is perhaps the only nutrient that can be restored via a loading dose
  • Loading doses have beenin use around the world for >50 years
  • Loading doses can quickly raise Vitamin D Levels
  • Injection loading provides the slowest rise - many weeks
  • Oral loading is most frequently used - response peaks in 3-10 days
  • Sublingual loading may have the fastest response time - 1 day not delayed by gut)
  • Loading doses can be made in a single session, or across many days
    • France, for example, has >200 loading dose protocols
  • Many groups have found that the loading doses should be smaller for humans with lower weight
  • People with poor guts should use gut-friendly forms of Vitamin D

VitaminDWiki - Loading Dose of Vitamin D category

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Better than Daily 1: Fewer chances to forget, 2) Gets past receptor barrier
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It appears that over 1 million Vitamin D loading doses have been taken
Doses ranged from 100,000 to 600,000 IU over a period of a day to a month
No reports of serious adverse reactions
Many studies report on the benefits resulting from loading doses

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VitaminDWiki pages with HIGH-DOSE in title (65 as of Nov 2022)

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Extremely high-dose Vitamin D not a problem for pregnant mice (60M IU injection, 0.6 M IU oral) – Sept 2024 28 Sep, 2024
3X reduced mortality in one metabolic cluster of ICU patients by high-dose Vitamin D – Nov 2024 21 Sep, 2024
High-Doses (50,000 IU weekly, etc.) if at high risk of Vitamin D deficiency - Aug 2024 12 Aug, 2024
High Dose Vitamin D reduces skin problems during Cancer Treatment - May 2024 20 May, 2024
High-dose Vitamin D reduced inflammation and insulin resistance (obese children) - Dec 2023 02 Jan, 2024
High dose vitamin D (20,000 IU per kg of feed) safe for pigs – Aug 2015 24 Dec, 2023
Coimbra high-dose vitamin D protocol - many studies 10 Nov, 2023
Multiple Sclerosis prevention with high-dose vitamin D (in rats in this case) - July 2023 19 Sep, 2023
Knee Osteoarthritis treated by vitamin D if use more than 2,000 IU daily or non-daily high dose – meta-analysis Aug 2023 21 Aug, 2023
Doctor got MS and was later cured by high-dose Vitamin D - Aug 2023 10 Aug, 2023
Cluster headaches virtually eliminated in 7,000 people with high-dose vitamin D and cofactors - Feb 2022 16 Jul, 2023
Rheumatoid Arthritis pain is reduced by Vitamin D, high doses also reduced inflammation (CRP) – Meta-analysis July 2023 13 Jul, 2023
COVID predicted to be a pandemic that could be stopped by high dose vitamin D - Feb 2020 25 Mar, 2023
Muscular Dystrophy probably treated by high-dose Vitamin D plus muscle rehab 23 Mar, 2023
Fracture 4X less likely following kidney transplant if high-dose Vitamin D (100,000 every 2 weeks) – RCT Jan 2023 25 Jan, 2023
High-Dose 18 Jan, 2023
Some pathogens and health problems restrict Vitamin D from being used – Coimbra high-dose protocol – April 2021 18 Jan, 2023
Diseases treated by high-dose Vitamin D - many studies 18 Jan, 2023
50,000 IU and other high dose vitamin studies 15 Jan, 2023
Coimbra protocol using high-dose Vitamin D is safe – April 2022 22 Dec, 2022
High dose vitamin D fights Folate gene changes by COVID, autoimmune, CVD, ALZ – Oct 2022 06 Oct, 2022
Treat COVID with early high-dose Vitamin D (20th as of June 2022) 16 Jun, 2022
High-Dose Vitamin D puts surplus calories into muscles instead of fat (mice) – May 2022 20 May, 2022
Comparing High-dose vitamin D therapies 04 May, 2022
High-dose Vitamin D safe for children (10,000 IU daily, 600,000 IU bolus) – meta-analysis April 2022 15 Apr, 2022
Several rheumatic diseases treated by high-dose vitamin D, but made worse if Calcium was added – April 2022 28 Mar, 2022
Cluster Headaches treated by high-dose Vitamin D, etc. (interview and transcript) - Feb 2022 23 Feb, 2022
Beyond vitamin D - book of testimonials on high-dose Coimbra Protocol - Aug, 2021 16 Feb, 2022
High-Dose Vitamin D Therapy – book July 2018 11 Feb, 2022
High-dose Vitamin D is safe and effective – review of 10 studies – Sept 2021 08 Feb, 2022
HIV treatment augmented by high-dose vitamin D, daily or weekly – Dec 2021 30 Jan, 2022
High-dose Omega-3 fought COVID in 2 hospital trials (6x reduction in ICU, reduced time) – Masterjohn Oct 2021 14 Oct, 2021
Multiple Sclerosis treated by Vitamin D, recommends investigating high dose Coimbra - Oct 2021 07 Oct, 2021
Those getting high dose vitamin D were 7 X less likely to die of COVID-19 - Dec 11, 2020 30 Sep, 2021
Vitamin D3 better than D2, especially if non-daily or high dose - meta-analysis Sept 2021 23 Sep, 2021
High-dose vitamin D improves health (presentation) - Aug 30, 2021 30 Aug, 2021
High dose vitamin D for Autoimmune diseases - Portuguese - 2019 01 Jul, 2021
High Dose Vitamin D for autoimmune diseases -blog June 13, 2021 20 Jun, 2021
Kidney patients who happened to be getting high-dose Calcitriol were 9X less likely to die of COVID-19 - April 6, 2021 13 Apr, 2021
Autoimmune and high-dose vitamin D (Dr. Coimbra) - Dr. Mahtani video and transcript - Nov 2020 11 Apr, 2021
Vitamin D Resistance hypothesis confirmed by Coimbra high-dose vitamin D protocol – April 2021 11 Apr, 2021
Crohn’s Disease reduced for a year by 7 weeks of high dose Vitamin D – RCT March 2021 26 Mar, 2021
COVID-19 and high-dose Vitamin D - Video interview of Dr. Coimbra - May 2020 09 Aug, 2020
High doses vitamin D may prevent or treat COVID-19 - June 2020 31 Jul, 2020
Many doctors believe that high dose vitamin D can fight COVID-19 – BMJ April 2020 14 Apr, 2020
Lowering Calcium Risk when having High Dose Vitamin D3 – Cawley Dec 2019 18 Dec, 2019
The use of high dose Vitamin D (Coimbra Protocol) for multiple sclerosis in Germany – 2019 26 Nov, 2019
Cystic Fibrosis is safely treated by high-dose Vitamin D – Sept 2019 26 Nov, 2019
Rheumatoid Arthritis sometimes helped by very high dose vitamin D2 – 1935 29 Oct, 2019
High-dose Vitamin D for Multiple Sclerosis is OK while pregnant – Sept 2019 10 Sep, 2019
Cardiovascular Prevention with Omega-3 (finally using high doses) – Sept 2019 09 Sep, 2019
Treat autoimmune diseases with high-dose vitamin D – Germany online Aug 24, 25 2019 17 Aug, 2019
Successful high dose vitamin D (Coimbra Protocol) should be evaluated – June 2019 09 Jun, 2019
Hypertension gene expression reduced by high-dose vitamin D (hypertensive rats) – March 2019 27 Mar, 2019
High-dose vitamin D forum – for Multiple Sclerosis and many other diseases – Jan 2019 05 Jan, 2019
Vitamin D nanoemulsion corrected deficiency and improved bones in 1 week (high dose in rats) – Jan 2019 05 Jan, 2019
Multiple Sclerosis - Coimbra Protocol (high-dose Vitamin D) - by one of the 120 doctors of 20,000 patients - Dec 2018 08 Dec, 2018
Problem with vitamin C if high dose Vitamin D for MS and have gene problem – Sept 2018 10 Oct, 2018
Replies to doctor’s comments about high dose Vitamin D for Multiple Sclerosis– Nov 2016 27 Jun, 2018
Guide for patients on high doses of Vitamin D – Coimbra 2017 21 Jun, 2018
Multiple Sclerosis treated when use high doses of vitamin D – meta-analysis May 2018 16 May, 2018
Liver cancer nicely treated by high dose vitamin D for 16 weeks (early stage, in rats) – April 2018 23 Apr, 2018
Gene activation by high dose vitamin D - both quick and long term - April 2015 27 Jun, 2017
ICU cost reduced by at least 27,000 dollars if get high dose vitamin D in first week - April 2017 02 May, 2017
High dose vitamin D to treat Multiple Sclerosis etc. – protocol April 2017 27 Apr, 2017
High dose Omega-3 probably reduces heart problems – American Heart Association – March 2017 18 Mar, 2017
Video by Dr. Coimbra – 95 percent of auto-immune cured with vitamin D in high doses - April 2014 15 Jan, 2017
Caution When Prescribing High Dose Vitamin D (100,000 IU D2 daily for is too much after 4 years) – Nov 2016 26 Nov, 2016
Hospital ICU added high dose vitamin D - malpractice lawsuit costs dropped from 26 million dollars to ZERO - Oct 2016 20 Nov, 2016
70 percent of people with IBS had symptoms relieved with high dose vitamin D – 2012 04 Nov, 2016
Pediatric trials of high dose vitamin D -163 are in a single online database – Feb 2016 07 Aug, 2016
Kidney disease helped by active or high dose Vitamin D - Feb 2014 28 Apr, 2016
Dr. Coimbra explains his treatment with high dose vitamin D for multiple sclerosis – Feb 2015 27 Apr, 2016
High dose vitamin reduced pain of fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis - July 2015 11 Jul, 2015
Brazillian petition to permit high vitamin D doses for autoimune diseases – Aug 2014 08 Feb, 2015
Update on Treating Multiple Sclerosis with high dose vitamin D - Sept 2013 08 Feb, 2015
Video by Dr. Coimbra – auto-immune cures with high-dose vitamin D in Brazil - April 2014 19 Apr, 2014
Response to high dose vitamin D is limited by vitamin A - July 2013 13 Apr, 2014
Liverpool is starting universal supplementation and needs high dose vitamin D – March 2014 26 Feb, 2014
4 clinical trials not find change in disease risk markers with high dose vitamin D – March 2013 13 Apr, 2013
Is High Dose Vitamin D Harmful – Dec 2012 20 Dec, 2012

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