DISCONTINUED BRAND: Drisdol (Vitamin D2) PRESCRIPTION: Vitamin D2 and D3 50000 IU are available with a prescription. Vitamin D2 and D3 400 â 5000 IU are available over-the-counter (OTC). USES: Vitamin D is used for treating hypoparathyroidism, vitamin D resistant rickets, and low vitamin D levels.
Lord Mountbatten Biography. Lord Mountbatten was the last viceroy of the British Indian Empire and the first Governor-General of independent India. Find more on the life and childhood of Lord Mountbatten in this brief biography. A British statesman and naval officer, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten was a man of honor.
On the day he was killed, Mountbatten, who was the Duke of Edinburgh's uncle and the Queen's second cousin once removed, had set sail on pleasure boat Shadow V for a fishing trip. But a bomb had been smuggled on board the night before, and once the boat was a few hundred yards offshore it was remotely detonated.