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Vitamin d deficiency
16month baby is having Vitamin D deficiency it is at 9.2. Doctor prescribed to have JusDee 60k granules half packet every week.
Is it suggestible to have nearly 30K IU per week for the baby.
I have read from online, that the upper limit for kids between 1 to 3 years old is to have is only 2500 IU, which makes to 17500IU only.
Can you please suggest whether any issues with medication.
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Hi , as per current IAP guidelines treatment of vitamin D deficiency include 60,000IU per week for 6 week for 1-18 years of age child or 3000 IU per day for minimum 3 months followed by maintenance dose . Tolerable upper limit for 1-9 years is 3000 IU per day .so you can follow this schedule. Thanx
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