Vitamin D Injections

Overview

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is crucial to the building and maintenance of healthy bones and teeth. Calcium is the primary component of bone,and is only properly absorbed by your body when Vitamin D is present. Vitamin D is created within the body when direct sunlight converts a chemical in your skin into an active form of the vitamin. Meaning the natural source of Vitamin D is from natural sunlight.

Benefits of Vitamin D

• Bone Health Support
• Increase Bone Density
• Help Absorb Calcium
• Mood Improvement
• Decrease Depression Symptoms

It is important to know what your Vitamin D level is and if you are truly deficient before receiving Vitamin D3 injections. A simple Vitamin D lab draw costing $49 will allow our practice to properly treat you with our protocol for improving Vitamin D3 levels.

The reference range for Vitamin D is 30-100. Symptoms of low Vitamin D can be are not limited to: fatigue, poor sleep, moodiness, depression, hair loss, muscle weakness, bone pains/achiness, loss of appetite, getting sick easily, poor bone density

Above normal levels can lead to hypercalcemia.

There are not many foods that contain vitamin D, but you can find it in fortified milk, fortified cereals, and fatty fish, like salmon, mackerel, and sardines. Unfortunately, most people do not get the necessary amount of vitamin D. Therefore, supplementation is needed. Vitamin D3 is the perfect supplement as it is the natural form of vitamin D that your body makes from sunlight.

Vitamin D can come in several forms. The two major forms are vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) and vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). The recommended form of vitamin D for supplementation is cholecalciferol. Cholecalciferol is metabolized to its active form, calcitriol, which increases the body’s absorption of calcium and phosphorus. Calcitriol may play a role in the immune system and may inhibit cancer growth and stimulate cell differentiation.

Receiving vitamin D3 injections can treat and prevent the symptoms of vitamin D deficiency, including fatigue and bone pain. Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with an increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease, cognitive impairment in the elderly, severe childhood asthma and cancer.

Other Uses

Vitamin D3 is paramount for a healthy immune system, as well as bone and nerve health. Vitamin D allows for more efficient absorption of calcium, which helps keep bones healthy.