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2. Vitamin D toxicity - Wikipedia

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   Vitamin D compounds, specifically cholecalciferol (D3) and ergocalciferol (D2), are used in rodenticides due to their ability to induce hypercalcemia, a condition characterized by elevated calcium levels in the blood. This overdose leads to organ failure and is pharmacologically similar to vitamin D's toxic effects in humans.

3. Calcifediol - Wikipedia

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   In medical practice, a blood test for 25-hydroxy-vitamin D, 25(OH)D, is used to determine an individual's vitamin D status. [11] The name 25(OH)D refers to any combination of calcifediol (25-hydroxy-cholecalciferol), derived from vitamin D 3, and ercalcidiol (25-hydroxy-ergocalciferol), [1] derived from vitamin D 2. The first of these (also ...

4. Vitamin D - Wikipedia

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   Unlike the other twelve vitamins, vitamin D is only conditionally essential - in a preindustrial society people had adequate exposure to sunlight and the vitamin was a hormone, as the primary natural source of vitamin D was the synthesis of cholecalciferol in the lower layers of the skin’s epidermis, triggered by a photochemical reaction with ...

5. Experts Say This Is Real Difference Between Vitamin D and D3

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   Both vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 will help to increase vitamin D levels in the blood, says Pelitera. However, some studies have shown that supplementing vitamin D3 does a little bit better of a job ...

6. Mayo Clinic Hospital (Rochester) - Wikipedia

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   Mayo Clinic, Rochester, was ranked in the top 10 in all but one of 16 specialties, in the top 4 in 13 specialties, and was the #1 ranked hospital in 8 of the 12 data-driven specialties. This year U.S. News expanded their common procedures and conditions list to 9 individual measures, and Mayo was one of fewer than 70 hospitals to score High ...

7. When Is the Best Time to Take Your Vitamin D? - AOL

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   There are two sources of vitamin D: Vitamin D2 comes from fortified foods and mushrooms, while vitamin D3 is produced in the skin when exposed to sunlight (which is why it’s often known as the ...