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Men with osteoporosis or osteopenia
Men can experience a marked bone loss as they age due to a decrease in sex steroid levels, exercise and dietary calcium intake and absorption. Men over 50 are more likely to break a bone due to osteoporosis than they are to get prostate cancer.
Men with osteoporosis
- By sdivas · New reply June 20, 2009
- 38 replies
- Would any of the men in the community share about their lives with osteopenia/osteoporosis? All I know about men having this disease is from very few articles that include men Usually the information ...
Time to exit this life
- By Supercharged-S10 · New reply May 25, 2009
- 19 replies
- this sucks ...
My Diagnosis
- By Krajr427 · New reply May 20, 2009
- 5 replies
- I was just diagnosed today (May 15, 2009) with Est. Osteoporosis and it is depressing. I am a young father of two who over the past two years has dealt with enormous pain and suffering with no answers ...
Any men here already Rx’ed estrogen for osteoporosis?
- By MahaHaha · New reply April 17, 2009
- 3 replies
- Are any of the men on the site being prescribed estrogen to stimulate bone remodeling? I have come across many research references about the success of Estrogen therapy for men, yet a doctors have never ...
Going to try the testosterone treatment
- By drizzit · New reply March 19, 2009
- 5 replies
- well my testosterone test came back at a very low normal reading. A 10 on a normal range of 8 - 30. Doc gave me the option of testosterone or reclast. I am going to try testosterone for a year and by ...
Osteo after Chemo... and How low can a T-score actually get?
- By PainterGirl · New reply January 25, 2009
- 9 replies
- My husband is a strong 56 year old man who was never sick until this past summer when diagnosed with Lymphoma stage 4. He went through aggressive chemo and is in remission after a long 6 months! He has ...
Questions for Specialist
- By Caff55 · New reply October 27, 2008
- 5 replies
- UK based male recently diagnosed with osteoporosis. Only had DEXA scan and basic blood tests so far. My GP said the blood tests gave a good set of results whatever that meant. However, he booked me in ...
PrC & Osteoprosis Medication
- By otisbd · New reply August 16, 2008
- 3 replies
- I have marginal osteoporosis in my spine (-2.3) diagnosed when i recently started hormone treatment (ADT); i will be on lupron for 28 months. my endocronologist is prepared to prescribe oral meds (fosomax ...
21 year old male with osteoporosis
- By tommyrunner87 · New reply July 5, 2008
- 7 replies
- Hi. My name is Tommy and here is my story. I am a collegiate runner at Aurora University. I will be a senior in the fall. Since my freshman year of college, I have had 5 stress fractures. One in each ...
Screening for Osteoporosis in Men
- By KMFDallas · Posted May 8, 2008
- 0 replies
- Screening for Osteoporosis in Men: Recommendations from the American College of Physicians 6 May 2008 | Volume 148 Issue 9 | Page I-35 Summaries for Patients are a service provided by Annals to help patients ...
Boniva
- By Nancy3 · New reply March 20, 2008
- 10 replies
- Hello, My husband has recently been diagnosed with advanced Osteoporosis. Since men are not routinely checked, we are fortunate to even know about his condition. My primary question is about Boniva. I ...
Links between Anti-acids and Osteoporosis
- By ORLANDO_ROLON · New reply March 18, 2008
- 2 replies
- I would to know more details about a new that I saw on TV linking the medication for reflux treatment GERD Syndrome (reflux) with Osteoporosis. According to my Doctor the investigation was conduted by ...
Sacral Insufficiency Fractures?
- By Bill2 · Posted February 11, 2008
- 0 replies
- Since the summer of 2006, I have suffered continuous pain (5 or 6 on a 1 to 10 scale) in my right Sacroiliac Joint. The diagnostic work I received since then has revealed a chronic mild compression of ...
Robert E. Pearson
- By sdivas · New reply October 9, 2007
- 1 reply
- Welcome! I'm one of the moderators of this site. I'm sure we would all be interested in hearing about your experience with this disease. Would you mind sharing? I haven't spoken with any men that have ...
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