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Alternatives if not swallow pills or not absorb vitamin D

Ways to increase your vitamin D levels even if you:

- Do not like to, want to, cannot remember to swallow pills/capsules
- Have a poorly functioning gut

Source of vitamin D	Not Swallow	Not Absorb	Notes
Sun/UVB	Great	Great	Sun is best, UV is good, vitamin D is OK - but lowest cost and easiest to get
Sublingual/liquid	Great	Great	Several suppliers, 3X to 5X the cost of vitamin D in capsules, which is still low cost
Bio-emulsified drops	Great	Great	Designed for this purpose, amazingly just as low cost as vitamin D capsule
Injection	Great	Great	Lasts many months, requires going to doctor each time
Calcidiol	?	Great - if inject	click on chart below
Calcitriol	?	Great - if inject	click on chart below
Skin Patch	Great	Great	Expensive?
Vaginal	Great	Great
Use powder from capsule	Great	perhaps water-soulable	Bio-Tech and several others
Bulk	Great	no	Add it to juice, food, etc.

Getting Vitamin D into your body has the following chart

See also Vitamin D Life

Vitamin D from low-cost UVB lamps
Vaginal suppository of 6300 IU vitamin D stopped vaginal infection – Feb 2011
Spray vitamin D inside cheek in case of emergency - Nov 2012
Optimize vitamin D from the sun
Topical vitamin D raised blood level to 38 ng (used Aloe Vera gel) – RCT March 2014
Reasons for low response to vitamin D

Alternatives if not swallow pills or not absorb vitamin D

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- Annual cost of 1000 IU of Vitamin D daily - Consumer Reports May 2013 Getting Vitamin D into your body Gut-Friendly Vitamin D IBS – 82 percent had low vitamin D, 3,000 IU spray helped a lot – RCT Dec 2015 Irritable Bowel Syndrome: social media indicates that vitamin D is a good treatment – Oct 2013 One pill every two weeks gives you all the vitamin D most adults need One-A-Day capsule with 4,000 IU of Vitamin D Sleep disorders cured by 60-80 ng of vitamin D and some B vitamins – March 2013 Topical vitamin D raised blood level to 38 ng (used Aloe Vera gel) – RCT March 2014 Vitamin D bulb for use in the home - or perhaps office Vitamin D sprayed inside cheeks 2X more response (poor gut) – RCT Oct 2015

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