Treatment of vitamin E deficiency should be under medical supervision. Healthy Daily Dose If the cause is due to poor nutrition, taking a dose by mouth that is 2-5 times greater than the RDA may be considered. If the cause is stomach or intestine problems, then injections of vitamin E may be needed.Common formulas used in children are alpha-tocopherol, alpha-tocopherol acetate, and tocofersolan. The recommended intakes are as follows: for healthy breastfeeding infants 0-6 months old, 4 milligrams daily (6 IU); for infants 7-12 months old, 5 milligrams daily (7.5 IU); for children 1-3 years old, 6 milligrams daily (9 IU); for those 4-8 years old, 7 milligrams daily (10.5 IU); for those 9-13 years old, 11 milligrams daily (16.5 IU); for those over 14 or pregnant women of any age, 15 milligrams daily (22.5 IU); and for breastfeeding women of any age, 19 milligrams daily (28.5 IU).For kidney disease, 400 IU (if weight was less than 30 kilograms) or 800 IU (if weight was more than 30 kilograms) has been taken by mouth for two years.For liver disease, 17-200 milligrams per kilogram of d-alpha-tocopherol has been taken by mouth daily.For supplementation in preterm and very low birth weight infants, 10-25 milligrams per kilogram have been injected into the muscle daily starting within 8-24 hours of birth and continued up to 30 days after. These doses have been accompanied by doses of 15-20 milligrams per kilogram injected into the vein, sometimes followed by 15-200 milligrams taken by mouth daily started after at least three days of life. http://www.healthydailydose.org/