An Observational Study on the level of Vitamin D in postmenopausal women who are prescribed at different dosage.

Dr. T.Janagan; Dr.S.A.Sridevi

Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2019

An Observational Study on the level of Vitamin D in postmenopausal women who are prescribed at different dosage.

Dr. T. Janagan, Dr. S. A. Sridevi

Abstract :

Objective: To find the effect of increasing oral doses of vitamin D in post menopausal women with Vitamin D insufficiency with recommended calcium intake. Serum 25–hydroxyvitamin D (25–[OH]D) is considered as the best biomarker of clinical vitamin D status. This helps for the average recommended dosage in our population. It is an observational study on postmenopausal women taking Vitamin D at different dosages. Methods: 76 healthy postmenopausal women participated in the study for a period of 6 months. Women taking different dosages like 400, 800, 5000, 20000, 60000 IU whose earlier report showed Vitamin D insufficiency were collected. Results: women who took 60000 IU every fortnight showed better rise in vitamin D when compared with other dosage range. Limitations: The study had not taken the level of calcium into consideration. Conclusion: vitamin D3 dosage of 60000 IU was found to have better improvement than the daily dose of small amount of Vitamin D.