Stay Alert for Dosing Mixups With Vitamin D Products

January 2016

You'll see confusion related to vitamin D orders due to the different names, dosage forms, and dosing units.

Clarify orders written for just "vitamin D." Vitamin D comes in two forms...vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) and vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol).

They're both dosed similarly...and have Rx and OTC forms.

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