Vitamin D is possibly unsafe when used in higher amounts during pregnancy or while breast-feeding. Do not use higher doses unless instructed by your healthcare provider. Pregnancy and breast-feeding: Vitamin D is likely safe during pregnancy and breast-feeding when used in daily amounts below 4000 IU (100 mcg). There is interest in using vitamin D for a number of other purposes, but there isn't enough reliable information to say whether it might be helpful. Taking vitamin D by mouth doesn't help to cure tuberculosis or make it less severe. Taking vitamin D by mouth doesn't seem to reduce cancer progression or death from prostate cancer. But it might help people who have very low blood levels of vitamin D. Taking vitamin D by mouth doesn't seem to lower blood pressure in most people with high blood pressure. Taking vitamin D by mouth doesn't seem to prevent fractures in older people who do NOT have osteoporosis. Giving vitamin D to people with low vitamin D levels who are in the hospital with a critical illness doesn't make them more likely to live. Also, giving high-dose vitamin D to patients in the hospital with COVID-19 doesn't seem to improve survival or reduce symptoms. Low vitamin D levels might be linked with a higher risk for COVID-19, but this link hasn't been confirmed. Taking vitamin D by mouth doesn't seem to help prevent or treat COVID-19. But taking a vitamin D supplement doesn't seem to prevent heart disease, heart attack, stroke, or other serious heart-related events in most people. People with low blood levels of vitamin D seem to have a greater chance of developing heart disease.
Taking vitamin D by mouth is effective for preventing and treating vitamin D deficiency. A specific form of vitamin D, called calcitriol, should be used in people with kidney failure. Taking vitamin D by mouth is effective for preventing and treating rickets. Taking a specific form of vitamin D, called calcitriol, by mouth helps to manage low calcium levels and prevent bone loss in people with kidney failure. A bone disorder that occurs in people with kidney disease (renal osteodystrophy).Taking vitamin D3 by mouth is effective for treating this condition. Softening of the bones ( osteomalacia).Taking specific forms of vitamin D, called dihydrotachysterol, calcitriol, or ergocalciferol, by mouth is effective for increasing calcium blood levels in people with low parathyroid hormone levels. Underactive parathyroid ( hypoparathyroidism).Taking specific forms of vitamin D, called calcitriol or dihydrotachysterol, by mouth along with phosphate supplements is effective for treating bone disorders in people with low levels of phosphate in the blood. A rare, inherited bone disorder marked by low levels of phosphate in the blood (familial hypophosphatemia).Paricalcitol: 19-nor-1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D2, 19-nor-1,25-dihydroxyvitamine D2, Paracalcin. OTHER NAME(S): Alfacalcidol: 1-alpha-hydroxycholecalciferol, 1-alpha-hydroxycholécalciférol, 1 alpha (OH)D3.Ĭalcifediol: 25-HCC, 25-hydroxycholecalciferol, 25-hydroxycholécalciferol, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, 25-hydroxyvitamine D3, 25-OHCC, 25-OHD3, Calcifédiol.Ĭalcipotriene : Calcipotriène, Calcipotriol.Ĭalcitriol: 1,25-DHCC, 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol, 1,25-dihydroxycholécalciférol, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamine D3, 1,25-diOHC, 1,25(0H)2D3.Ĭholecalciferol: 7-déhydrocholestérol Activé, Activated 7-dehydrocholesterol, Cholécalciférol, Colecalciferol, Colécalciférol, Vitamin D3.ĭihydrotachysterol: DHT, Dihydrotachystérol, dihydrotachysterol 2, dichysterol, Vitamine D3.Įrgocalciferol: Activated Ergosterol, Calciferol, Ergocalciférol, Ergocalciferolum, Ergostérol Activé, Ergostérol Irradié, Irradiated Ergosterol, Viosterol, Viostérol, Vitamin D2, Vitamine D2.