ALL THE VITAMIN D IN THE WORLD IS POISONED!!!

[JSngry]

...so says our friendly Kroger pharmacist.

At least he says it's all been recalled. At least the 50K Unit stuff, which is what LTB had prescribed to her.

Asked if we could get some from Canada, he laughed and said "I don't trust it from Canada!"

Well spoken, Young American Pharmacist!

Don't you get Vitamin D from your hair converting it out of sunshine? Is there so much dirty hair in the world that it's polluted the sunshine and now they're having to recall all the sun in the world and cut everybody's hair off?

See what deregulation gets you? Dirty hair, no sunshine, and bald heads. And no vitamins from Canada.

World gone wrong.

[papsrus]

You could go the cod liver oil route. One tablespoon = 340% of the daily recommended value. Course, if a prescription was required, I'm guessing the dosage is pretty high, or its time-release, or something like that.

(did the pharmacist recommend any alternatives?)

On an unrelated pharmacological note, I was recently 'prescribed' 1500 - 2000 mg of niacin per day. (elevates low HDL). The side effects of that stuff are nasty. Aspirin greatly mitigates the flushing and itchy rash that can result. Still kind of a drag.

One of the only other alternatives is to take up heavy drinking (apparently alcohol raises HDL, too).

[Jim Alfredson]

As far as I understand it, there are two types of Vitamin D, D2 and D3, and we can synthesize D3 from the sun but not D2, which we only get through food. So if you're not eating the right foods (or getting enough sunlight... say you work the graveyard shift) then it's wise to supplement.

I take a Vitamin D supplement a few times a week to help with my heart since there is a history of heart disease on both sides of my family. I also take fish oil pills. And of course since I found out about my food dye allergies, I've become better educated about food in general and I'm eating much healthier.

I have some of those Vitamin D soft gels, but I can't really find anything about a recent recall online.

[Jazzmoose]

One of the only other alternatives is to take up heavy drinking (apparently alcohol raises HDL, too).

So how did you find out what the pills did?

[johnlitweiler]

I used to catch colds 4 times a year and the colds used to hang on for months. Since I started taking vitamin D3, 2 winters ago, I haven't had a cold. Amazing.

[medjuck]

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Don't you get Vitamin D from your hair converting it out of sunshine?

I'm in trouble then.

[GA Russell]

Me too, Ron!