# Vitamin D too low(8.39 ng/ml)..

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**Created:** [July 21, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/vitamin-d-too-low-8-39-ng-ml/13720 "2023-07-21T16:33:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vishal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/49beb7/32.png) [@Vishal](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Vishal)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/vitamin-d-too-low-8-39-ng-ml/13720/1 "2023-07-21T16:33:58Z")

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Hello guys, my(23/M,India) vitamin D levels seem too low(8.39 ng/ml) and vitamin b12 seems boderline (239 pg/ml). I tested for this as part of a hair loss screening.

I know Austin has said,“One other complicating factor here is the issue of vitamin D as a negative acute phase reactant, whereby levels decrease in the setting of acute illness and chronic disease, and can rise / normalize with the resolution of the underlying disease process”.  
So, I would like to know if I should test for some other conditions/ some other tests ? I don’t have any existing conditions although I have to say I have been depressed for the past five years now and I am trying to overcome it.  
Also what would your recommended supplementation be for me for Vitamin D and B12 if necessary?

I would really appreciate your help as I have little faith in some of the doctors here. (One MD gave me Ivermectin and Azythromycin when I had covid last year.)Thank you

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**Author:** ![Austin\_Baraki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/austin_baraki/32/1095_2.png) [@Austin\_Baraki](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Austin_Baraki)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/vitamin-d-too-low-8-39-ng-ml/13720/2 "2023-07-21T18:54:56Z")

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While there may be other things worth investigating, there really isn’t enough information here for me to speculate or make recommendations on additional testing related to this vitamin D level. However a level of 8 ng/mL is at a point where I would actually initiate replacement, in addition to thinking about other possible issues (e.g., nutritional/absorptive issues, chronic infections or other chronic diseases).

A borderline vitamin B12 level should be followed up with a methylmalonic acid measurement to determine whether true deficiency is present.