# vitamin d

**URL:** <https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/vitamin-d/8917>\
**Category:** Everyday living\
**Created:** [14 February 2016 19:52 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/vitamin-d/8917 "2016-02-14T19:52:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![hopeful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ce7236/32.png) [@hopeful](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/hopeful)\
**Post date:** [14 February 2016 19:52 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/vitamin-d/8917/1 "2016-02-14T19:52:15Z")

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hi all

what is a good level of vitamin d. my consultant wanted mine checked and my doctor has just told me its 45 and ok.

well i went to get my b12 injection on monday and the nurse said she feels its low especially with ms. what do i do ?

go back to doctor or just start taking a supplement?

cheers kim

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**Author:** ![Alun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@Alun](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Alun)\
**Post date:** [14 February 2016 20:34 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/vitamin-d/8917/2 "2016-02-14T20:34:29Z")

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Hopeful,

I am not sure what the 45 refers to; is it the nmol/L level of plasma in your blood?

Whammel suggested the following article about vitamin D levels, for which I was grateful. You will see it discusses the recommended vitamin D blood levels.

[http://multiple-sclerosis-research.blogspot.com/2016/01/researchspeak-moderate-dose-vitamin-d.html](http://multiple-sclerosis-research.blogspot.com/2016/01/researchspeak-moderate-dose-vitamin-d.html)

I take 5000iu of Vitamin D daily at the moment. As I only started this about a month ago I will wait a further 8 weeks before taking the plasma blood test, as recommended by the Barts blog.

Have you contacted your MS nurse about the results of your blood test?

Best wishes

Alun

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**Author:** ![jellysundae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5fc32e/32.png) [@jellysundae](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/jellysundae)\
**Post date:** [14 February 2016 20:45 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/vitamin-d/8917/3 "2016-02-14T20:45:33Z")

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Do you have to pay for the b12 injection? If I ask for it at the doctor’s am I likely to get it?

I’m so clueless about this stuff! Should I enquire when I get my 3 monthly Tecfidera bloods done next month?

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**Author:** ![hopeful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ce7236/32.png) [@hopeful](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/hopeful)\
**Post date:** [15 February 2016 10:13 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/vitamin-d/8917/4 "2016-02-15T10:13:29Z")

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thanks for replies. yes I will be seeing my ms nurse this Friday and chat with her about it. as for my b12, I had blood test years ago after having some sensory symptons and they detected low level b12 so my doctor put me on the 3monthly injections which I am still on. ask your doctor for b12 deficiency test and see what the outcome of that is. kim