Oral Postdialysis Cholecalciferol Supplementation in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis: A Dose-Response Approach

Table 1

Range of the post-dialysis dose of cholecalciferol supplements according to tablet prescription.

Cholecalciferol	Multivitamins*	Multivitamins + D3**	Approximate VitD	Approximate VitD
Weekly dose (IU)	tbls/week	tbls/week	Daily dose (≈IU)	Monthly dose (≈IU)
0	6	0	0	0
2000	5	1	285	8000
4000	4	2	570	16000
6000	3	3	855	26000
8000	2	4	1140	34000
10000	1	5	1425	42000
12000	0	6	1710	52000

∗Tablets containing 5 hydrosoluble vitamins (Dialvit).
**The same tablets with added 2000 IU of cholecalciferol/tablet (Dialvit D).