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 VitaminDWiki * 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 dose 1 pill every two weeks fights all of the following {include}