Intermittent high-dose vitamin D prophylaxis during infancy: effect on vitamin D metabolites, calcium, and phosphorus.
Am J Clin Nutr. 1987 Oct;46(4):652-8.
Markestad T, Hesse V, Siebenhuner M, Jahreis G, Aksnes L, Plenert W, Aarskog D.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Bergen, Norway.
In infants receiving intermittent high dose vitamin D prophylaxis (600,000 IU ergocalciferol per dose orally) every 3-5 mo, the serum concentrations of vitamin D metabolites, calcium (Ca), and phosphorus (P) were determined before and 2 wk after each dose. The 25-hydroxyvitamin D (OHD) concentrations increased to well above normal but the values returned to the normal range before each subsequent dose. The 24,25- and 25,26-dihydroxyvitamin D ([OH]2D) levels followed a pattern similar to that of 25-OHD, and both were closely related to the latter (r = 0.85, p less than 0.005, and r = 0.84, p less than 0.005, respectively). The 1,25-(OH)2D concentrations did not vary in a consistent pattern and remained largely within the normal range. All infants had normal Ca levels before the first dose but 14 infants (34%) later had one or both Ca values above the upper normal limit of 2.80 mmol/L (2.81-3.32 mmol/L), indicating that the vitamin D doses were excessive despite the lack of accumulative increases in serum vitamin D concentrations.
PMID: 3499065
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Four reasons why this is a poor example for high dose vitamin D
- Totally missed taking the co-factors – and probably had too much Calcium
- 4 Months is too long a time between doses, even for D3, and vitamin D2 decays away more quickly
The body gets very unbalanced by the huge fluctuations in Vitamin D levels - Vitamin D2 is not nearly as good as Vitamin D3
- Far too large of a dose - even if considered as a daily average
600,000 IU over 90 days {actually 60 to 150 days} = 6,000 IU daily average = way too much for infants
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- Overview Vitamin D3 not D2
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See also: Vitamin D Council on ALL German Infants getting 600,000 IU of vitamin D2 three times a year.
- The difference between two “normals” March 2012
none got clinically toxic. In fact, the authors reported, “All the infants appeared healthy . . .”
3,000,000 children = about 150,000 births per year X 20 years
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