How much B12 and Vit. D do you take per day?
The ASMBS recommends 350 to 500 mcg B12 daily if you use a sublingual, and 1000 mcg monthly if you do injections, but some people, like me, need more than that.
The AMSBS doesn't recommend a specific dose of D3 but just says it should be based on your labs. The Linus Pauling Institute says we need our vitamin D level to be at least 80 and most post ops need at least 10,000 IU a day to keep their level up there. A few need less, though. I take 50,000 IU D3 three times a week and my level was 104 last time I had labs done.
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Any brand is fine. If you want a big dose, I suggest the 50,000 IU D3 capsules from vitalady. It's hard to find big doses in stores. Also, D3 is a fat soluble vitamin so we don't have to take it every day. So you might only need the 50,000 IU capsules once or twice a week instead of having to take them daily, which I like because I like to take as few pills as possible.
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
I had very low D issues post op. After several lab tests, and incremental uptake in weekly dosage of the 50K IU dry D3, it's finally just above 90, where I want it to be. But, I would not take any initial doses more than 3 of these per week, UNLESS subsequent labs ( at least 60 days later) indicated my lab score was still below 80. Every patient's daily need for vitamin D and B12 will vary also. Some pateints can use 3 of the 50 K iu dry D3 and get labs of 89-90, but I needed 7 per week.
Kind of the same thing for B12. I had high B12 levels my first several labs post op on daily sublingual B12, and my doc said to stop taking B12 and start again when levels got below 1000. I currently take 3 of the 2500mcg sublingual B12 per week, and my labs 6 weeks ago were at 2000. My doc said this was OK for me. My wife takes the same 2500mcg daily, and her B12 was a 1034. So I take more than twice the B12 as she does and her B12 labs are half of mine. I would base increases in these vitamins on labs, not just take a "jacked up amount" that someone else takes. Their body may require the higher amounts. DAVE
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