Talk:Hypervitaminosis D

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"Although taking excessive amounts of cod liver oil over months or years could produce an overdose in theory, it is almost always associated with forms of vitamin D that require a doctor's prescription."

Um... vitamin D3 doesn't require a doctor prescription, D2 is weaker (at least on humans), and I don't think any of the other types (D1, D4, D5) are commonly used at all, nor have I read anything to suggest that they're vastly more potent, so I'm curious as which "forms" the author is referring to. Perhaps the author meant high dosage--Stoss therapy is the only thing I can think of, but there's no such (FDA-approved) prescription in the USA... though it may be recognized in New Zealand and/or Australia.

Am removing the reference to "prescription" Vitamin D, though the original author is free to re-insert it so long as he/she explains the statement.