An adult suspecting COVID-19 symptoms should immediately take 200,000 IU of vitamin D
(= 10 days sunbathing on a beach)
Emergency Vitamin D
- Quickly energizes the body's immune system
- Works equally well with vaccinated and unvaccinated people
- Anticipate that more than half of the people immediately taking Vitamin D will not even test positive for COVID
- Taking Emergency Vitamin D will also extinguish colds, and flu
- 50,000 IU capsules are widely available on Amazon (that size is rarely in local stores)
- Vitamin D can fight COVID-19 only if taken soon after infection
- Vitamin D is like a small fire extinguisher, it can easily put out small blazes but not large ones
# of capsules if healthy
0-50 lbs 2 caps, 50-150 lbs 3 caps, 150-200 lbs 4 caps, 200-250lbs 5 caps, >250 lbs 6 caps
# of capsules if suspect low vitamin D
senior, shut-in, dark skin, immunocompromized, diabetic, or poor gut
0-50 lbs 2 caps, 50-150 lbs 4 caps, 150-200 lbs 6 caps, 200-250lbs 7 caps, >250 lbs 9 caps
1/2 as many capsules if still have symptoms after 3 days
1/4 as many caps if had close contact with an infected person or if your vitamin D level is >40 ng
References
1) COVID fought by 50 ng of Vitamin D 7 studies as of Jan 2022
Obese
2) Single 200,000 IU of vitamin D did not benefit the obese in various ways (not a surprise) – RCT Feb 2021
3) Obese need 2X to 3X more vitamin D - Nov 2014
Low weight
4) Quick restoration of vitamin D in children – 10,000 IU per kg loading dose was not enough – Jan 2017
5) Vitamin D loading doses of up to 400,000 IU OK for adolescents – meta-analysis Dec 2014
6) Children in Intensive Care need Vitamin D loading dose of 10000 IU per kg (nearing a consensus) - Oct 2016
226,000 IU for 50 lbs in ICU
Virus and COVID
7) Vitamin D can inhibit enveloped virus (e.g. Corona, Herpes, Zoster, Epstein, Hepatitis, RSV) – March 2011
8) Rapid Vitamin D Delivery May Result in Better COVID Outcomes - Dec 9, 2021
9) Large dose of calcifediol or vitamin D up to 15 days before COVID hospitalization reduced death rates (1.5X, 1.3X) – Dec 2021
10) COVID-19 risk reduced by vitamin D supplementation – umbrella review of 7 meta-analysis – Oct 2021
Response to loading dose
11) 150,000 IU peaks at about day 2
Notes of possible things to add
Time of day, cofactors, eat with a fatty meal no important
More important is to move around - to pump the lymph system - to engage it more quickly
Zinc also appears to help - 6 times per day, under the tongue
Vitamin D can also be used for prevention, in addition to early treatment