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Re:Vitamin D Supplementation and Covid-19/Long Covid Clinica... by pwr1 on Monday March 16, 2026 @12:05PM (#47400830)
I take 10k-50k IU vitamin D3 every day and haven't been sick in years (knock on wood). Not saying that vitamin D3 is protecting me, but just saying...
Re:Vitamin D Supplementation and Covid-19/Long Covid Clinica... by bookofjoe on Monday March 16, 2026 @12:46PM (#47401408)
Might be worth checking your blood level. $17.46 to do so at home seems reasonable.

https://altruan.com/products/all-test-vitamin-d-test-kit-rap...

Re:Vitamin D Supplementation and Covid-19/Long Covid Clinica... by slow_typist on Monday March 16, 2026 @03:39PM (#47403762)
The test will probably be useless, it will only show that op has enough vitamin D in their blood
Re:Vitamin D Supplementation and Covid-19/Long Covid Clinica... by bookofjoe on Monday March 16, 2026 @05:25PM (#47405120)
>... it will only show that op has enough vitamin D in their blood

How can you know the result if you haven't tested?

Re:Vitamin D Supplementation and Covid-19/Long Covid Clinica... by slow_typist on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @02:02AM (#47409173)
I can’t obviously. But if they don’t have enough, despite massive overdosing for years, that would be very surprising. (The test only shows one of three possible outcomes. It is not a quantitative procedure.)
Re:Vitamin D Supplementation and Covid-19/Long Covid Clinica... by bookofjoe on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @06:51AM (#47410947)
Concur: that would be surprising. I was more focused on the possibility of having a dangerously high blood level which is fraught with negative sequelae.

This test — among many others — offer quantitative results at home:

https://empowerdxlab.com/products/product/VITD?gad_source=1&...

Re:Vitamin D Supplementation and Covid-19/Long Covid Clinica... by slow_typist on Thursday March 19, 2026 @08:30AM (#47438238)
Pretty expensive though. Lab costs in Germany are <20 € for a quantitative test and the cost of the physician for taking the sample is usually covered by insurance.
Re:Vitamin D Supplementation and Covid-19/Long Covid Clinica... by pwr1 on Monday March 16, 2026 @03:20PM (#47403500)
Obviously I do that. Also take appropriate amounts of K2.
Re:Vitamin D Supplementation and Covid-19/Long Covid Clinica... by bookofjoe on Monday March 16, 2026 @05:23PM (#47405097)
>Obviously I do that

It wasn't obvious to me.

Re:Vitamin D Supplementation and Covid-19/Long Covid Clinica... by slow_typist on Monday March 16, 2026 @12:11PM (#47400929)
Wow that is a lot. 4,000 I.U. is the upper limit according to NIH — https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminD-Consumer/#:~:text...