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Re:How Much Vitamin D Is Too Much? A Case Report and Review ... by theironlily on Friday October 09, 2020 @07:53PM (#24735574)
how much is 50mcg in IU?
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Re:How Much Vitamin D Is Too Much? A Case Report and Review ... by randlet on Friday October 09, 2020 @07:56PM (#24735601)
"One International Unit (IU) equals 0.025 mcg of cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3) or of ergocalciferol (Vitamin D2)" [1]

[1] https://walrus.com/questions/converting-units-iu-of-vitamin-...

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Re:How Much Vitamin D Is Too Much? A Case Report and Review ... by theironlily on Friday October 09, 2020 @07:59PM (#24735618)
Hmm, so 2000IU. That doesn’t seem like a lot, but I guess it really depends on the person.
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Re:How Much Vitamin D Is Too Much? A Case Report and Review ... by shawabawa3 on Saturday October 10, 2020 @09:09AM (#24738730)
It's almost impossible that their symptoms were caused by vitamin d in this case. It takes times to build up and reduce vitamin d levels, changes wouldn't happen overnight
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