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Results 1 - 10 of 10 for Calciferol
  1. Vitamin D (National Library of Medicine)  
    Vitamins are substances that your body needs to grow and develop normally. Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium. Calcium is one of the main building blocks ...
  2. Ergocalciferol is used in the treatment of hypoparathyroidism (condition in which the body does not produce enough ... to break down vitamin D in the body). Ergocalciferol is in a class of medications called vitamin ...
  3. ... foods comes in two different forms: D 2 (ergocalciferol) D 3 (cholecalciferol) Follow a diet that provides ...
  4. ... or a cholecalciferol supplement. 25 hydroxy vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) is the vitamin D that you have absorbed ... fortified with plant vitamin D or from an ergocalciferol supplement. The two hormones (ergo- and cholecalciferol) work ...
  5. Vitamin D and Cancer Prevention From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute)  
    Vitamin D/Statistics and Research ... Vitamin D ... Cancer/Related Issues ... Cancer ... National Cancer Institute ... From the National Institutes of Health ... A fact sheet summarizing ...
  6. Vitamin D (Harvard School of Public Health)  
    Vitamin D Deficiency/Learn More ... Vitamin D Deficiency ... Vitamin D/Start Here ... Vitamin D ... Harvard School of Public Health ... For most people, the best way to get enough ...
  7. ... 25-hydroxyvitamin D, 25(OH)D, cholecalciferol test, ergocalciferol test, calcidiol test, vitamin D2 test, vitamin D3 ...
  8. Vitamin D From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements)  
    ... forms of vitamin D in supplements are D2 (ergocalciferol) and D3 (cholecalciferol). Both forms increase vitamin D ...
  9. Calcium and Vitamin D (Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation)  
    Calcium/Start Here ... Calcium ... Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation
  10. ... your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking ergocalciferol (Deltalin, Drisdol) or have stopped taking it in ...