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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.
What To Do? Drugs or Natural?
- By Barefootpop46 · New reply yesterday at 10:57 pm
- 12 replies
- I am currently taking Actonel 150 mg (once a month) and I do not like how it makes me feel. I would like to stop taking it but I’m not sure other strategies work. The worst T-score in my back and hips ...
Recovery from secondary osteoporosis?
- By CurtG · New reply November 2, 2009
- 4 replies
- If a 40 something year old male has secondary osteoporosis, and the secondary reason is addressed such as a thyroid? Can they restore their bone health without drugs ...
Osteoporosis, Me, and the Others
- By Krajr427 · New reply November 2, 2009
- 22 replies
- Through all the testing it seemed like an eternity but it was really only 2 Months. I have gotten to the bottom of this finally. Just yesterday I got the call from the doctor- I have a very deficient ...
L3 Compression Fracture - Osteoporosis Male
- By LumbarLoser · New reply November 1, 2009
- 15 replies
- Good Afternoon, I am new to the discussion board but unfortunately not new to Osteoporosis. I am a 53 year old male who fell off a ladder 2 years ago resulting in a L3 compression fracture. Diagnosed ...
20 Year Old Son with Severe Osteoporosis
- By SarahMum · New reply October 19, 2009
- 25 replies
- Hi I live in the UK and my son has just been diagnosed with severe osteoporosis. He had osteopoenia a year ago and we were hoping he would have either improved or been the same as he approaches 21. He ...
Men with osteoporosis
- By sdivas · New reply October 5, 2009
- 39 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 ...
Questions for Specialist
- By Caff55 · New reply October 3, 2009
- 6 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 ...
To you, Krajr427, on the occasion of your 23 September surgery
- By millie123 · New reply September 24, 2009
- 9 replies
- Dear Krajr427: I have bumped up the discussion you began on August 5 so that others in the inspire community can be aware of your problems, and, more importantly, aware that you are due to have surgery ...
Osteoporosis and Pitituary Tumors
- By Krajr427 · New reply July 9, 2009
- 7 replies
- On July 1st 2009 I was called to inform me I have a 6mm mass (tumor) growing in my pituitary gland. Boy oh boy the hits keep on coming. I was feeling better but this really takes the wind out of my sails ...
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 ...
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 ...
