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by neuronic 2130 days ago
At least 10.000 IU/day are seemingly not a problem [1]. Old recommendations of only 1.000 IU/day are likely way too low as well [2].

[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S09600...

[2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5541280/

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The case mentioned in the article was taking 5000 IU/day, and that proved to be too much. I'm not an expert, but 10000 sounds a WHOLE lot.

I started taking 2000 IU/day because I wasn't seeing much of daylight because of the pandemic. I hope that's a safe amount, but it would be nice to get my blood levels checked.

There are a fair number of clinics that will do blood tests for you. This is the first one that came up on DDG: https://www.everlywell.com/products/vitamin-d-test/ $49 but you have to prick your finger for the blood they need.