Alternative Therapies

This regimen is generally quite safe and well tolerated with many potential health benefits. However, some physicians and cluster headache patients may be concerned about the apparent “high” dose of vitamin D3. There are several studies that have clinically proven that the skin of a fair skinned adult clad in a bathing suit without sun block and exposed to the sun’s UVB at midday, can generate 10,000 – 15,000 I.U. vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) in as little as 15 minutes.Read More →

Reactions to vitamin D3 are very rare as skin exposed to the UVB in direct sunlight produces vitamin D3 naturally. It is generally considered to be one of the safest vitamin supplements you can take. However, if you are allergic to sunlight, do not start this regimen without contacting your PCP or neurologist first. If you experience a reaction to this regimen including and not limited to, an upset stomach for more than a day, swelling in and around the mouth or face, or an obvious allergic reaction, discontinue the entire regimen and contact your family physician. The best course of action if this occurs is to start taking the vitamin D3 and if there’s no reaction, add each of the other supplements one at a time, every 3 to 4 days to use the process of elimination to determine what is actually causing the reaction.Read More →

A recent study by Garland, Heaney, et. al. titled: “Vitamin D Supplement Doses and Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D in the Range Associated with Cancer Prevention” is based on the GrassRootsHealth D*action Project data. It provides further proof that long term use of vitamin D3 at doses as high as 10,000 IU/day are very safe. This study further concludes that: “Universal intake of up to 40,000 IU vitamin D per day is unlikely to result in vitamin D toxicity.”Read More →