Fawn? A Vitamin D3 question

[kristina]

so, the bottle of Equate Calcium Citrate and+D
has cholecalciferol. Is this the right form of it? I googled and found this...
should the supplement have Calcitriol? I would think so since it's "active" ?


Cholecalciferol, (sometimes called calciol) is an inactive, unhydroxylated form of vitamin D3)
Calcifediol (also called calcidiol, hydroxycholecalciferol, or 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, and abbreviated 25(OH)D) is one of the forms measured in the blood to assess vitamin D status[3]
Calcitriol (also called 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3) is the active form of D3.

[Chelveston]

Originally Posted by kristina

so, the bottle of Equate Calcium Citrate and+D
has cholecalciferol. Is this the right form of it? I googled and found this...
should the supplement have Calcitriol? I would think so since it's "active" ?

I'm not Fawn and don't play her on the internet, but...

calcitriol has a relatively high possibility of inducing hypercalcaemia than cholecalciferol.
1,25-Dihydroxycholecalciferol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's also man-made

Rocaltrol (Calcitriol) Drug Information: User Reviews, Side Effects, Drug Interactions and Dosage at RxList

I'd stick with the natural cholecalciferol
Vitamin D Council Glossary C

[kristina]

So...mine is cholecalciferol...so that's the right one?

it's not listed as calctriol on the bottle

[Chelveston]

Originally Posted by kristina

So...mine is cholecalciferol...so that's the right one?

Yes, it's what I'd use.