Canadian grant funding lost for prescribing 50,000 IU of vitamin D
Does not indicate how often the 50,000 IU was to be taken
If once every two weeks, the daily average would have been 3,700 IU
Many governments, like Canada, do not permit > 4,000 IU of vitamin D in a single day
Yet thousands of doctors regularly prescribe 50,000 IU weekly as a loading dose
Perhaps the problem was that the prescription was made by a nurse, not a doctor
Perhaps the problems was that Canadian doctors, like many others around the world, feared loss of income if people were taking vitamin D
- 21 reasons why doctors are reluctant to accept Vitamin D
- Reason #10: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary is dependent upon his not understanding it”
Details on the web
Alberta Health cancels funding for Pure North nurse-practitioner clinic
See also VitaminDWiki
50,000 IU in 87 titles, such as:
7 improvements in lives of veterans with chronic pain with 50,000 IU vitamin D weekly – June 2012
Blood pressure in diabetics reduced by 12 weekly doses of 50,000 IU vitamin D – RCT Jan 2014
50,000 IU vitamin D weekly is safe and effective for Primary Hyperparathyroidism – Jan 2013
Influenza prevented by 40 ng levels or treated with vitamin D hammer (50,000 IU) – June 2015
50,000 IU of vitamin D every two weeks – Jordan conclusion - RCT July 2017
Sleep disorders nicely treated by Vitamin D (50,000 IU twice a month) – RCT May 2017