Bio-Tech Pharmacal D3-50 50,000 IU, 100 Capsules Ð All-Natural Supplement Ð Supports Bone, Heart Neuromuscular, & Immune Health Ð No Dairy, Fish, Gluten, Peanut, Shellfish, & Soy

Easy to swallow.

I had my Vitamin D levels tested and I was very low, only 18 ng/mL. So, my doctor put me on a Vitamin D2 regimen (one pill every week for 8 weeks and then 1 every two weeks). I had my level retested and it only raised to 25 ng/mL. I thought it was going to be much higher! I had done some research on Vitamin D as I was taking the D2 and discovered that many people recommended D3 instead. So, when I had my level retested and it was still low, I asked about D3, because I knew I'd need to keep taking Vitamin D. In turns out that my doctor also takes D3 and the woman I talked to on the phone (not sure if she was a receptionist or nurse) recommended BioTech D3-50 and that my doctor takes it as well and buys it on Amazon. I thought it was strange that he would write me a prescription for D2 when he takes D3! It cost me $18 dollars for 10 D2 pills when I could have bought 100 D3 for the same price! So strange and really glad I did my research and questioned the pills I was taking. I'm going to be taking these capsules twice a month now for a few months and then get my levels retested. The pills are small and super easy to swallow. It's great that I can take them so infrequently. I just set a reminder on my phone and forget about it. I highly recommend these.

Great at preserving your bones. D3 is the most effective in this area. The brand was recommended by a nurse for it's quality. I have been using it for about 15 years now.

Whenever I'm out and there is someone near me who is sniffling, sneezing, wheezing, hacking, coughing, or just looks like death warmed over, I take a 50,000 IU as soon as I get home. I take it prophylacticly. If I feel a bit of a sore throat, I also take one. I (and my hubby) haven't had a cold or flu in almost 4 years (since learning about Vit D3). We also take 5,000 IU daily. Although we live in Florida, we still don't get enough sunlight on our skin to make the amount of D3 we need. Taking supplemental D3 (Cholecalciferol) is not toxic like the prescription D2 is (Ergocalciferol). Be sure you get your levels checked and are not deficient. Most people are. BTW, it's best to keep your levels over 50. The levels on the blood test are to prevent disease, not optimal health. (I try to keep my levels over 80-100, but that's just me.)BTW, babies and children are being diagnosed as being abuse when in actuality they have healing rickets. Be sure you have your children's blood levels drawn and give them the appropriate supplement. Nursing mothers should consider taking a supplement to ensure adequate Vitamin D3 in their milk. Pediatricians frequently say Vit D3 is rare, then they say rickets are rare, but that's not true, especially in the northern climates. Do your research. Don't believe anything I or anyone else posts in these reviews. Most of us are not doctors, none of us know you or your situation. But the best defense is knowledge, which you get by researching things for yourself. (Antacids, like tums, will make you deficient, as well as having a high BMI, and a lot of other things. Tums are calcium carbonate and will cause rickets.)See "Dr. Mercola interviews Dr. Ayoub About Infantile Rickets" on youtube to learn more about what looks like child abuse and shaken baby syndrome, but is actually a vitamin d3 deficiency.

We don't understand why so many people (Medical Doctors included) continue to allege Vitamin D3 is toxic. Though D3 is not toxic, D2 [D(ERGO)] can be toxic (or is synthesized with dyes that can be toxic). This form of vitamin D3 is water-miscible; respectively, the body only absorbs and distributes what it needs; any excess is discharged. Though D2 can be harmful to kidneys; D3 promotes healthy kidney function. The benefits of vitamin D3 (and its lack of toxicity) has been well researched and reported with thousands of articles; not the least of which is the whitepaper written by: Dr. J. Joseph Prendergast, MD; titled: "Vitamin D3 Spray Whitepaper". The article is well written in layman's terms.Knowledgeable Health care practitioners wisely recommend that when supplementing a diet with D3 and K2 you should never take calcium supplements; just eat a normal healthy diet. In fact, for those that may experience pain in their extremities after taking large doses of D3, the culprit is not likely the D3; rather, they are most likely suplimenting calcium (which should never be done) it is actually hard not to get sufficient calcium if you have enough D3 and K2 (MK7).The body will produce 10,000 to 40,000 IU of D3 in 20 min of direct sun exposure (no more than that is recommended without sunscreen) after 20 min. the body reaches equilibrium; or, runs out of available cholesterol (which the body uses to naturally produce D3). The body can naturally produce 30,000 to 60,000 IU of D3 daily if two to three 10–20 min. periods (maximum of 20 min./period of exposure) sun exposure are evenly spread out across the day. If the body will naturally produce that much D3 in a day, how can it be harmful to take that much of a natural supplement of D3?I learned about D3 because my MD prescribed daily doses of 50,000 IU of D3 (I take 1-Bio-Tech D3-50 50,000 IU), 700 mcg of K2 (I take 7-NOW Foods Vitamin K-2,100mcg)(K2 is a necessary D3 companion vitamin for proper assimilation of D3) and 20,000 IU of Vitamin A (I take 2-Solgar Vitamin A 10,000 IU)to fight a melanoma that developed on my ear lobe. That treatment is going quite well. Canada reported running a test with some of their school's children wherein they gave students a massive dose of 500,000 IU D3 at the beginning of the school year for each year for five years (the reported results were incredible).Again, all too often medical doctors treat D1, D2 and D3 as if they were the same thing, having the same effect. They are not the same and they do not have the same effect. D and D2 can be toxic; however, it makes no sense that D3 could possibly be. Just as there is a distinctive difference between vitamin D [ERGO] and vitamin D3, there is a significant difference between vitamin K1 and vitamin K2; K1 (usually synthetic) can interfere with high blood pressure medication treatments K2 does not (we only use the natural form MK-7 "menaquinone"; for example: NOW Foods Vitamin K-2,100mcg, 100 Vcaps).The bottom line: people need to remember that medical doctors rarely get more that an introductory class in health in their normal training (if that); respectively, they are not generally trained in basic nutrition and/or health. Respectively, they are not generally the best source for learning about such matters. However, it is important to learn first, all you can about any nutritional claims from any source; especially if the source is promoting their own product. First, learn about the product, nutrient or supplement before taking anything; and, whenever possible use natural sources. In this case the best source for vitamin D3 is the sun. However, today it is -9°F outside; so, I am going to get my daily dose of 50,000 IU Vitamin D3 and 700 mcg Vitamin K2 from supplements.