Doctor's Best Vitamin D3 5000IU, Non-GMO, Gluten & Soy Free, Regulates Immune Function, Supports Healthy Bones, White, No Flavour, 180 Count

My Vit. D3 Finally Came Up With This Supplement!

Awesome source of Vitamin D3. Found out from my doctor that soybean oil could be messing with my hormone levels and when I learned that all of my supplements used soybean oil as a filler, I looked online for other companies. I found Doctor's Best and since I have been using these (which have olive oil, rather than the typical soybean oil), my vitamin d3 levels have come back up to normal within about a month. This product worked like a miracle because I have been on soybean oil based vitamin d3 supplements for about two years and my numbers never came up, until I used Doctor's Best for about a month. I recommend it 1000000000%

84 persons found it helpful

Effective and reasonably priced

This is my second order of the Doctor's Best Vitamin D3 soft-gels. They are very small in size and easy to swallow. Just a tad larger than a coffee bean. (see photo) The 5000iu daily dosage is what my neurologist has recommended for me. My blood tests show that these have been effective in raising and maintaining my Vitamin D3 levels. That's good enough for me. As long as the price remains reasonable, I'll continue to purchase this brand. So far, where quality and price are concerned I've found nothing else that comes close

52 persons found it helpful

Great Stuff!

Loving D3! I work graveyard shifts and never spend the amount of time outdoors that I need to. My doctor put me on D3 after my labs came back extremely low. Since then, I've been taking 5-10K IU daily and am the only one at work who hasn't been sick with the crud this year. I usually catch everything that goes around, so I'm thinking that the D3 is the culprit! I'm sold. I haven't been this cold and flu free in years

43 persons found it helpful

Great Value for a Supplement recommended to all

First some notes from my practice: Vitamin D has emerged over the last 10 years as the new wonder supplement (whereas Vit E has fallen from grace). Vit D demonstrates evidence based reduction in fracture risk, reduced fall risk (due to increased muscle stability, a landmark JAMA article), aids in muscle contractility, promotes proper wound healing, and associated with decreased depression and improved cognitive function (these last two are currently a correlatory finding only). The old 400iu (international unit) daily recommendation has been increased to 800-100iu. This amount is nearly impossible to obtain via photochemistry alone unless you get multiple hours of equator-grade sun exposure daily. Even our sun-drenched Iraqi vets are deficient because of the comprehensive clothing/ body armor. Product Review: Pros: This specific brand (Doctor's best) has the greatest bang for your buck. Taking one 5000iu cholecalciferol (D3 version) capsule every 2-3 days is more than sufficient. Capsules are very small, easy to swallow. No taste or odor. 360 capsules are plenty for 2 years of supplementation. Note other brand's prices, but beware concentration, i.e.- international units per capsule. In this case, the Amazon calculated price per tablet/ capsule is otherwise useless information. Ignore it. Cons: none Just don't take a capsule everyday, as this is technically an overdose (>4000iu daily) and can lead to long term issues including electrolyte and hormonal imbalances. Excess is stored in adipose (as are fat solubles A, D, E & K) but toxicity is quite rare. Overall: a great buy, on the order of 1/5th to 1/6th the price of your chain drugstore "sale" price for weaker 400iu capsules. Take this 5000iu capsule once every 2-3 days. Note on testing for deficiency: Serum testing will usually be low (should be > 20-30mg/dl). Recent evidence promotes testing in those sickly or > 65 only as they're likely to super-deficient and require higher short term supplementation (probably 50,000 iu D2 ergoalciferol semi-weekly) For those healthy younger individuals, testing is not needed and will not change treatment. Recommendation is to supplement everyone

37 persons found it helpful

Great high dose D3

Great high dose D3! If you take it every day, be sure to take extra Magnesium too, as D3 will deplete your Mg levels, which a blood serum test doesn't accurately measure. I took 20,000 IU a day for a month or so and my Mg level got so low, I got high BP; strictly from the low Mg in my body. Took 2 months to get my Mg level back up and the BP to come down

19 persons found it helpful

Be sure to go slow and take co-factors.

Been taking this for 2.5 weeks for my super low vit D level. The first week I took 1 per day, then bumped up to 2 per day. After 3 days of that, the lowest part of my back started hurting pretty bad. Didn't connect it with the D. Continued 2 more days, then put 2 and 2 together and researched it. Turns out this is common. It's the D shuttling calcium (along with water) into my bones, so my poor bones are sort-of swelling to accommodate. I've never had back pain in my life. I've been taking this with K2. Upon further reading, you should take lots of magnesium Glycinate with this and the K2. I'm reading that this back pain can take 3-6 months to resolve. ðŸ˜

16 persons found it helpful

my vitamin D was super low, they kept ordering the 50

my vitamin D was super low, they kept ordering the 50,000iu a week for me, but for like 12 pills it was way more expensive than an entire bottle of this. I have not had my levels checked again so far since being on this, I doubled up and take 10,000iu a day for total of 70,000iu a week as opposed to the 50,000 iu one pill a week. I do not have any more energy than I did when my VD was low, so we will se

16 persons found it helpful

Your probably not getting enough D. That's what she said!

Everyone is deficient in Vitamin D. If you think you're not getting enough of that D then you need to get this D because it's the D you need

15 persons found it helpful

I love that this pills are very small and easy to swallow.

Back in January 2015 I was told by my doctor that my Vitamin D was 19 ng/ml. I bought this product and started using it right away together with k2. I take 5000 iu and sometimes 10000. I try to take it every day, but there are days that i forget. I went back for a checkup in August 2015 and my Vit D was 49 ug/ml. I also would like to mention that in the summer I do not take it religiously... at most I take it about 2 or 3 times a week. I went back to the doctor for my annual checkup in August 2016 and my vit D was 45 ng/ml. I have to say that I had and still been slacking a lot. For example, I would go few weeks where I take it everyday then life get crazy busy and I don't take it for a few weeks. I love that this pills are very small and easy to swallow

15 persons found it helpful

D3 Vitamin 5000iu Soft-gels

This vitamin is part of a three part system I am currently trying out. Along with this D3 5000iu soft-gels I take Ecklonia Cave and DHA 500. The trick is to take them together so they can do their work as a particularly successful regimen to wash away forgetfullness. When selecting D3 don't wimp out to save twenty cents and get the 500mg or 1000mg. get the 5000mg. do it right as well as the Ecklonia Cava there's something about this deep, deep seaweed that seaweed floating on the surface just does not have. And the DHA 500 ... want Calamary anything else and you might as well be eating M&M's. I am remembering not to forget ! And it is done effotrlessly with D3 Ecklonia Cava and DHA 500. Take a moment for "yourself" I don't know a better investment. No matter your age, no matter the debth of whatever the conditon you seem to be sinking into ... try these and see in a few weeks if a glimmer of light is shining through, I belive the longer I stay consistant to this regimin the better off I will be in the near future and months and years ahead. Now, go get em

13 persons found it helpful