Vit d levels in pregnancy

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I am 25 weeks pregnant have been taking tablet dicalis -od ( calcium400mg&vit d2,400iu )recently did vit d total test and it came 20.24ng/ml which is in deficiency category plz advice me why after taking tablet also its low & I have been experiencing fatigue , lethargy tirdeness mostly in morning how much vit d to be taken and safe limit which is better d2 / d3 thankku

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Dr. Nagapushyami. G

Internal Medicine 7 yrs exp Visakhapatnam

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Amount of vit d u r taking is not sufficient. You need to take a minimum of 2000IU daily or 60000IU weekly once for 3 months

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Dr. Navinkumar Angadi General Physician 14 yrs exp Davanagere · Accepted Answer

Dr. Navinkumar Angadi

General Physician 14 yrs exp Davanagere

U can opt a weakly once tablet of 60 k unit ...your vitamin D is not very low.

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