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Man dies of Vitamin D ‘overdose’ (www.independent.co.uk)
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An 89-year-old retired businessman died from an “overdose” of Vitamin D supplements that did not warn about the risks of excessive intake.

David Mitchener from Oxted, Surrey, reportedly had fatally high levels of Vitamin D when he was brought to the East Surrey Hospital last year in May and was suffering from hypercalcaemia – a build-up of calcium in the body associated with taking too much vitamin D.

He died ten days later.

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[–] 49 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

For anyone else wondering how much vitamin D David had:

Ante-mortem test revealed Vitamin D levels at 380 (the maximum level recordable by the laboratory).

380 ng/mL is about 38,000 IU of vitamin D, but since that was the maximum measurable level, the actual level was probably higher

20-50 ng/mL is good, 150 ng/mL or higher is considered vitamin D intoxication

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    I recall the Mayo report on vitamin d supplement indicated just a bit of the calcium thing starting to be noticeable after 6 months of 60,000 IU. the stuff just really doesn't want to build up in most folks I guess

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