Vitamin D Deficiency Flowchart for UK Primary Care

1. The UK view of Vitamin D is very conservative - examples include* >50 nmol for no vitamin D being needed is > 75 nmol in many countries* > 800 IU daily maintenance dose is > 2,000 IU in many countries* Maintenance dose can also be every other week with 50,000 IU* or just continue with 20,000 IU weekly 1. See also Vitamin D Life* Overview Pain and Vitamin D* Overview Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue and vitamin D* ALL of the top 10 health problems of women are associated with low vitamin D* Reasons for low response to vitamin D 40+* Vitamin D bioavailability in the gut– review Sept 2017* People with poor guts poorly adsorb Vitamin D unless it is gut-friendly* Is 50 ng of vitamin D too high, just right, or not enough* Obese need longer loading time and larger maintenance dose1 pill every two weeks fights all of the following {include}