I originally test at 6 for vitamin D levels. I have since moved up to 24. My doctor would optimally like to see my levels up towards 80. I live in the rainy northwest...no surprise.
I've had plantars warts on my feet for I can't tell you how long. 10 years maybe? I've tried it all, from OTC to the weird and bizarre.
I now take 50,000 IUs a week and my warts are quickly disappearing. One down, a few more to go. I'm astonished and amazed. I've been given a prescription, but I'm just taking the regular OTC stuff. Big Pharam doesn't need any more of my money.
The way it's been explained to me is Vitamin D deals with the production of fighter cells and immune system boosting. It makes sense that nothing else has worked.
The vitamin D test is a simple, cheap blood test. My doctor said she likes to see people between 80-100 and she's never seen anyone have too much in all the years she's been testing. Very few people get to 100, but be sure to check blood levels every few months.
Feb 23, 2010 Rating
Add 1 more case of correlation by: Pat McGee
I started taking 1000 mg of Vitamin D several months ago. Last week I noticed that a wart on my elbow had disappeared. It had been there at least 10 years, and I had tried for about 5 years to treat it (salicyclic acid topically and then duct tape) without success. I think this was a definite correlation. I'd love to see some studies to see if it is indeed causality or just coincidence.
Pat
Feb 06, 2010 Rating
Ditch the topical acid! by: Anonymous
I started taking 3000 mg/day of vitamin D capsules to see what effect it might have on my health and noticed within a week that several areas where I had once treated warts with salacylic acid began softening and clearing up. I suspected that the Vitamin D was to be credited so I searched and happily found these similar testimonials. It is amazing how superior the results are versus using topical acid or duct tape.
Dec 15, 2009 Rating
Could it be Vitamin D? by: Anonymous
I am a Caucasian physician who has had 4 plantar warts on his foot for three years and tried liquid nitrogen and duct tape unsuccessfully to rid them.
Two months ago I checked my vitamin D level and despite taking 1000 IU per day it came back low. I upped the dose to 2000 IU per day and one month later I was shocked to see the three smallest warts completely gone and the large fourth wart also on its way out.
We know from recent studies on H1N1 outcomes that there is a correlation between low vitamin D levels and poor outcome. This would suggest that vitamin D is involved possibly with regulating or enhancing cell-mediated immunity which is required to clear HPV viruses as well.
I am going to start checking the vitamin D level in my worst wart patients and supplement to see if there is something to this vitamin D hypothesis.
This would be quite something if all it takes is some extra vitamin D by mouth to clear warts once and for all.
Nov 22, 2009 Rating
Another case by: Anonymous
My Brother said he has used vitamin D successfully on warts. I am trying it starting tomoro. Thanks for posting you two!
Nov 18, 2009 Rating
Vitamin D and Warts by: Linda
My daughter has had warts on her feet for several years. We have tried every over-the-counter treatment and every non-traditional treatment (herbal treatments, apple cider vinegar, duct tape...). Nothing worked and the warts were increasing in size and number. As part of her Type I diabetes treatment, her nutritionist recommended that she take 2000 i.u. of Vitamin D. Within 6 weeks, her warts disappeared. It may be coincidence but we have not changed anything else in her life and the warts are gone! I'd love to see some research on this.
Apr 27, 2009 Rating
Article use of vitamin D to treat warts by: Anonymous
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16060886
Oct 03, 2008 Rating
High Doses of Vitamin D and Disappearing Warts by: JJ, PhD
I, too, am amazed to see that some painful and persistent (decades!) warts under my fingernails and on my left foot seem to have disappeared.
Years of aggressive treatments (including acids, expensive creams, bleach, duct tape, razors) and minor surgeries suggested/employed by various doctors did not work. I finally gave up and left them alone. So why have they disappeared now?
The only major difference in my habits lately has been that I've been taking large doses of Vitamin D daily (2-3,000 IU daily) because of a Vitamin D deficiency. This led me to google "Vitamin D" and "warts," which led to this comment.
Of course, correlation does not equal causality, and I and the other commenter are only two people (too small a "sample" for convincing claims). Also, one of the once many warts on my foot remains. But trying Vitamin D is something easy and benign to explore further.
