Thread: Vitamin K2 + D3
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Old Thu Feb 9, 2012, 03:11 PM
Von Hamrick Von Hamrick is offline
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Originally Posted by Ken Whiteman View Post
In Japan, MDS patients are often treated with Vit. K2 + D3 orally and the response rate is reported as high as 30% (Professor Miyazawa at Tokyo Univ). I have been on an informal trial for 6 months and nothing seems to have happened although virtual stability in my counts may in fact be a good sign. And there are absolutely no side effects either. Has anyone else any experience with this form of treatment?

Ken Whiteman (MDS- RCMD)
Ken, are you taking K2 and D3? The strongest K2 that I could find was 1,000 mcg or i mg. The studies I read were using 40 mg.
Von Hamrick (MDS-RAEB)
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