Injectable D3 Therapy in Tarzana, CA

Although vitamin D is essential for our growth, development, and bodily repair, our bodies don't always produce as much as we need. If you are diagnosed with a vitamin D deficiency , your healthcare provider may suggest a treatment of injectable D3 therapy, or calcitriol, which is the manmade form of vitamin D (or vitamin D3). This is a physician-administered dose of vitamin D3 that is injected directly into your bloodstream.

What is Injectable D3 Used For?

There are many reasons you or your loved one may be vitamin D deficienc , including the following:

• You're over age 50, and your kidneys are less efficient in processing vitamin D
• Obesity is limiting your liver's ability to process vitamin D
• Exposure to environmental toxins is limiting your liver's ability to process vitamin D
• Alcoholism
• Kidney disease
• Liver disease
• Pancreatic disease
• Removal of the stomach
• Being a dark-skinned individual (which requires more D3)
• Being a breast-fed infant lacking sunlight exposure
• Overactive parathyroid glands with kidney failure
• A reliance on ACE inhibitors due to indigestion or acid reflux disease, resulting in poor vitamin processing
• Intestinal diseases such as inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn's Disease and ulcerative colitis , diverticulosis, or diverticulitis.

Symptoms of D3 Deficiency

Symptoms of vitamin D deficiency  may include the following:

• You feel depressed:Your serotonin levels—or your happy hormones—decrease with less sunlight exposure
• Your bones ache: Complaints of bone aches, often combined with fatigue, are the result of vitamin D deficiency; fibromyalgia complaints may point to lack of vitamin D
• Your head sweats: Heavy perspiration of the scalp is a classic sign of vitamin D deficiency

More extreme symptoms include:

• Rickets
• Osteoporosis
• Liver and Kidney Disorders

You can request more information about injectable vitamin D3 today by calling (424) 365-1800 or contact Dr. Jeremy Fischer online.