Health insurance companies often pay for vitamin D2, but not D3
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- Vitamin D2 is still often prescribed, even though a decade of studies have found it to be inferior to D3 - Sept 2025
- A majority of doctors had learned in while in school to prescribe Vitamin D2
- While D3 has been found to be much better many medical organizations, Physican's Desk Reference have not beeen updated
- And, the patient has to pay out of pocket for D3, but can get a free prescription for the inferior D2