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nwah1
60,000 IU is a ton, but very interesting.

A clinical study on very high dose Vitamin C in China needed to be halted because the virus was under control there and they were unable to recruit any infected study participants. Would be very interested to see the same study attempted here.

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04264533

Also have seen reasons to be hopeful about high dose melatonin, zinc, allicin, curcumin, magnesium, and NAC.

mhkool
prof dr Cicero Coimbra uses 600,000 IU in a single dose to get 70 ng/ml after 3days and got very good results (do not recall details).
treeman79
I have a prescription for a 50,000 once a week. I was highly skeptical about it. But nerve pain and migraines have reduced noticeably on it.
efficax
It's fascinating how obsessed this site is with vitamin d. I mean I take it myself but really y'all are fixated on it
throwawaybutwhy
It's not the site, it's the zealots. Rustafarians, anti-Muskers, note-takers, NY Times 'submarine fans' and supplementary *calciferol proponents have more or less hacked Hacker News post visibility algorithms.
dunce2020
The fruit-juice drinkers, nudists, sandal-wearers, sex-maniacs, Quakers, ‘Nature Cure’ quacks, pacifists and feminists are all behind Big Vitamin D.
hyperman1
I have to admit I rather like the sound of 'rustafarians'. Yo màn. Be safe. Take care of your lifetime, maaan.

I would join the movement, except I suspect I already have.

jrootabega
We've gotten a lot of mileage out of that. Trustafarian, Pastafarian, Matzofarian...
gpapilion
Interesting that the intervention seems that effective. The difference between the groups is stunning.
tetromino_
Important note for those only skimming the article: all participants in this study were vitamin D deficient (25(OH)D<20 ng/ml) individuals.
antman
Anyone knows if that is common?: "Data availability statement - Data are available upon reasonable request."
[dead] LionBlack8
I'm a Vit D3 taker, not because of Covid, but because my levels years ago were very low, and they need to be maintained in the reference range, which is easy to do with supplementation by https://www.vitasave.ca/ . I need to stay out of the sun as I'm very fair, burn quickly, and don't want any (more) skin damage or freckles or age spots, so using sunshine to build levels isn't the right solution.
ronronron09
I am a Vit D3 taker, not because of Covid, but because my levels years ago were very low, and they need to be maintained in the reference range, which is easy to do with supplementation by https://www.vitasave.ca/ . I need to stay out of the sun as I'm very fair, burn quickly, and don't want any (more) skin damage or freckles or age spots, so using sunshine to build levels isn't the right solution.