Is anyone's doctor using the new FRAX tool, the algorithm for assessing ten-year risk fracture?
Has your doctor even heard of it?
I asked my gynecologist and she had never heard of it.
I asked my rheumatologist and he had heard of it, but
he was not using it.
I printed some information about FRAX that I found on the NOF site and gave it to both of them.
this is the web site for using the FRAX algorithm
http://www.shef.ac.uk/FRAX/tool.jsp?locationValue=9
the home page is http://www.shef.ac.uk/FRAX/index.htm
Hello,
I am writing an article for a major newspaper in Boston and I'm looking for comments on the usefulness of the FRAX tool. I have lots of doctors and few patients in my story.
If you are interested or need more information, please contact me at tinkerr@bu.edu or check out my work at www.tinkerready.com
Thanks so much.
Tinker Ready
www.tinkerready.com
Freelance journalist
Cambridge, MA
Thanks for posting this..I put in my numbers and I am nervous ..have 20% risk over the next 10 years. I am on Nexium and have lost a lot of bone over the past 2 years..what will the next 10 bring?
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