Hey Gizmo,
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You posted an interesting link on vitamin D3... Yes, too much vitamin D3 can be harmful... Consuming too much of anything can be harmful... As I recall, a young woman drank a gallon of water in less than a day and died when she unfortunately took a foolish challenge made by a radio station...
The Wikipedia link you posted has some great information on vitamin D3, but you need to read the footnoted studies in order to place it in proper perspective.
As an example, the study on the Phamacokinetics of vitamin D toxicity concludes with the statement:
"Although current data support the viewpoint that the biomarker plasma 25(OH)D concentration must rise above 750 nmol/L to produce vitamin D toxicity, the more prudent upper limit of 250 nmol/L might be retained to ensure a wide safety margin."
25(OH)D serum concentrations this high would require a sustained vitamin D3 intake much greater than 50,000 IU/day for several months...
We shoot for a very safe 25(OH)D serum concentration around 213 nmol/L (85 ng/mL) and that requires much lower maintenance doses of vitamin D3 between 10,000 and 20,000 IU/day.
We've also had a few CH'ers reach 25(OH)D serum concentrations over 200 ng/mL, (500 nmol/L) while under the supervision of their physicians with no indications of hypervitaminosis D or hypercalcemia...
They were pain free the entire time... and there were no problems noted.
A condition called hyperparathyroidism can increase the metabolism of 25(OH)D into 1,25(OH)2D3 at much lower doses of vitamin D3...
Hyperparathyroidism is overactivity of the parathyroid glands resulting in excess production of parathyroid hormone (PTH). This condition is most often associate with a tumor or "adenoma" on one of the 4 parathyroid glands located on the anterior of the thyroid gland.
As PTH is used by the kidneys to metabolize 25(OH)D into 1,25(OH)2D3, (calcitriol), an excess of PTH can result in too much calcitriol... and this can pull too much calcium from the gut resulting in a total calcium serum concentrations above the normal reference range. This condition is called hypercalcemia and it's the primary indication of vitamin D3 intoxication.
Fortunately, hyperthyroidism is relatively easy to diagnose and treat surgically.
If you read through the information at the Vitamin D Wiki site at the following link, you'll see that hypovitaminosis D (not enough vitamin D3) is a far greater health risk:
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You can spend days reading through all the studies on vitamin D3 listed at this web site. And if you do... you'll have a more well rounded perspective on the use of the anti-inflammatory regimen with vitamin D3 as a cluster headache preventative.
Take care,
V/R, Batch