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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone taking a vitamin D supplement becuase their doc told them they tested low for vit D ever actual tested no longer deficient?

Given that supplements have no regulation, I often wonder at doctors recommending them.  Sure, it might make sense if the supplement actually contains what it claims to contain, but a doctor wouldn't know.  It just seems like bad practice on the part of doctors.[/quote]

The issue you identify is not with a doctor's medical advice, but with lack of regulation of a product.

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But a doctor recommending an unregulated product with potentially no chance of efficacy is also an issue.[/quote]

If a doctor recommends a supplement with studies backing up the efficacy of that supplement, particularly with no known major side effects, there is nothing wrong with encouraging a person to take that thing.  The doctor is not responsible for ensuring that the patient actually obtains and ingests that supplement.

A doctor can tell you to increase your fiver intake without knowing for sure you will actually ingest more fiber.
A doctor can tell you to walk more without knowing for sure if you will do that or if you will do so in a safe environment.

Similarly a doctor can tell you to ingest more magnesium and that supplements are a good way to do that  without knowing for sure that you will actually take a quality supplement.[/quote]

you are missing that the doctor doesn't know if ANY supplement actually contains the ingredient.  It's akin to recomending snake-oil.

It would be different if the doctor recommended a product that they KNOW has the relevant ingredient, but I don't know if a doctor could know that about any product.[/quote]

Vitamin D supplements are all the same. What sort of tin foil hat do you wear? I check my levels an additional time after my annual physical since my levels tend to be low without additional sun exposure and supplementation. Maybe the tests are also a conspiracy. [/quote]

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