[caseysoftware]

The largest dosage of D3 I can find on Amazon is 5000 IU in a 240 capsule bottle. To take 60000 IU, you'd have to take a dozen capsules daily, getting a new bottle every 20 days, probably multiple times.

While possible, it does seem unlikely.

[caleb-allen]

There is an interesting video about a boy who did just that, by mistaking vitamin gummies for candy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ6nREONy_4

[valarauko]

I'm currently taking 60K IU D3. The dosage is 1 capsule a week, for 8 weeks, and the capsules come 4 to a pack. This is followed by a maintenance dosage of 1 60k capsule once a month.

[cj]

Is this to treat a medical condition?

I'm curious why an acute high dose would be preferable over a lower dose taken daily.

[valarauko]

No obvious medical condition, other than a vit D serum level of 15 ng/mL. Depending on who you ask, that's a deficiency. I'm personally less convinced.

It's not quite an acute high dose. The body produces the equivalent of 10,000 IU per day in high sun exposure, so 60K per week tries to achieve that level. I believe the high dosage is simply convenience. The 2K IU daily dose is pretty common as well.

[gridlockd]

Sounds like he was diagnosed with a very low level of Vitamin D and got prescribed high dosage to get up to a healthy level quickly.

[jdahlin]

There are 50000 IU capsules readily available on many stores.

Taking 100000 IU per day for months/years is not necessarily toxic, especially when reducing calcium intake.

[pavs]

You can bolous dose. Depending on the which country. It might be prescription only. I take 20,000 IU once a week, 1000 iu everyday. I have bought prescribed 60,000 IU in the past.