Reviewer: Dina, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

Comment:
I have taken my fifth capsule yesterday. I have to take it once a week for 8 weeks than once per month for 6 weeks. So far the side effects I have had is dizziness, sleepiness and whenever I turn my head from side to side it sounds like paper rattling in my head. It sounds strange. I have never experienced anything like this before. Has anyone else had these symptoms?

Comment:
I have taken my fifth capsule yesterday. I have to take it once a week for 8 weeks than once per month for 6 weeks. So far the side effects I have had is dizziness, sleepiness and whenever I turn my head from side to side it sounds like paper rattling in my head. It sounds strange. I have never experienced anything like this before. Has anyone else had these symptoms?
Hide Full Comment

Reviewer: 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

Comment:
My vitamin D level was a 21 so I was put on 50000 IU's per week for 8 week. After the third week I had diarreha, chills, body aches and then red rash (similiar to a sunburn) on my arms, chest,stomach and legs.

Comment:
My vitamin D level was a 21 so I was put on 50000 IU's per week for 8 week. After the third week I had diarreha, chills, body aches and then red rash (similiar to a sunburn) on my arms, chest,stomach and legs.
Hide Full Comment

Reviewer: Deceived, 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

Comment:
The doctor assured me that Drisdol Maximum D3 is vitamin D3, or cholecalciferol. IT IS NOT!!!IT IS VITAMIN D2, OR ERGOCALCIFEROL!!! It is made by irradiating mushrooms. Dr. R Vieth, a prominent researcher, has concluded that vitamin D2 should not be regarded as a nutrient suitable for supplementation! I discovered it was D2 when my blood test showed both vitamin D2 and D3. The first person I tal ... Show Full Comment

Comment:
The doctor assured me that Drisdol Maximum D3 is vitamin D3, or cholecalciferol. IT IS NOT!!!IT IS VITAMIN D2, OR ERGOCALCIFEROL!!! It is made by irradiating mushrooms. Dr. R Vieth, a prominent researcher, has concluded that vitamin D2 should not be regarded as a nutrient suitable for supplementation! I discovered it was D2 when my blood test showed both vitamin D2 and D3. The first person I talked to at the pharmacy where I got the drug told me it was vitamin D3, but I later talked to a pharmacist who agreed it is D2. She said my doctor had prescribed D3 but in doses that was only available as D2, so they called my doctor who said to give me the D2. The pharmacist said it happens frequently that doctors prescribe vitamin D3 in doses only available as D2, and no wonder since the drug company has deceptively named their vitamin D2 "Maximum D3"!! My side effects included abdominal pain and bad anxiety. I am surprised that the FDA would allow such deceptive practice!!
Hide Full Comment

Reviewer: 45-54 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

Comment:

Comment:

Hide Full Comment

Reviewer: 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

Comment:
I have just started taking this medication. 50,000 weekly. I had violent vomiting the second week I took it, with the nausea gradually diminishing as the week progressed.

Comment:
I have just started taking this medication. 50,000 weekly. I had violent vomiting the second week I took it, with the nausea gradually diminishing as the week progressed.
Hide Full Comment