did a doctor prescribe the 10ks? that seems high compared to what I was suggested for a lab confirmed deficiency. Someone I know with a severe deficiency was prescribed very high levels only for a month or so.
10k IU is available OTC, so its not a prescription, but I do take it on my doctor's recommendation. I don't get a lot of sun, especially in the winter, and I've had chronic deficiency of D3, so I supplement at higher levels than what I'd get in your average multivitamin. 50k IU is what I was prescribed for two months to get me above the minimum recommended blood levels, and it barely did that.
I do also get my D3 levels checked annually as well, as should anyone with a diagnosed deficiency.
I've had doctors prescribe 10k IU vitamin D. Mine was really low and i have auto-immune thyroiditis. Vitamin D works really well for auto-immune disease for me. It has gone.
I do also get my D3 levels checked annually as well, as should anyone with a diagnosed deficiency.