People with MS may need to take a daily vitamin D3 supplement, dependent on the amount of sun they are exposed to daily.
Your vitamin D level should be above 150nmol/L (60ng/mL in the USA).
For those with low levels on first testing, a vitamin D megadose is recommended.
You can take vitamin D through tablets or capsules, or some people choose to use an oral spray.
The most you can take without risk of serious side effects is 10,000 IU per day.
There are two types of vitamin D – D2 and D3.
Clinical trials have shown that only vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) is helpful against MS or other conditions that can be helped by vitamin D. This is the form made by the body in response to sunlight.
Researchers have concluded that vitamin D3’s immunomodulatory potency is equivalent to other currently used immunosuppressants against MS – yet without their side effects, which can be severe.
If taking vitamin D as a supplement, it should be taken in the form of vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol).