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Osteoporosis medications
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved medications to prevent and treat osteoporosis. While the FDA has approved these medications for postmenopausal women, none have been approved yet for premenopausal women. Only some are approved for men. No natural or alternatives treatments have been studied enough for us to know if they will help with osteoporosis.
Forteo Training
- By Kathleen43812 · New reply 12:12 pm
- 7 replies
- My first Forteo shipment will arrive tomorrow. Since there is not a "training class" in my area they are proposing to "train" me over the phone. Has anyone else done this? Sounds tricky to me. Couldn't ...
strontium ranelate v strontium citrate
- By Dandelion · New reply yesterday at 8:23 am
- 47 replies
- Does anyone know if strontium citrate is safer to take than strontium ranelate? I'm just wondering if strontium citrate ingested is more similar to the way that it is ingested naturally. I understand ...
Gastric bypass surgery & Osteoporosis
- By kit8114 · New reply November 5, 2009
- 6 replies
- Help with information from others that have had the bypass surgery and now must take osteoporosis medication. Has anyone done the reclas IV? If so what side effects have you experenced ...
Bisphosphonates - to take or not to take?
- By Mayaluga · New reply November 4, 2009
- 8 replies
- My DH has recently been diagnosed. We don't even have aspirin in our house on a regular basis, and generally look for holistic solutions, so these bisphosphonates are really scaring us. "The" pre-eminent ...
Bones are hurting
- By JMT816 · New reply November 4, 2009
- 1 reply
- I was diagnosed with osteopenia 4 years ago at the age of 52. I have had both knees totally replaced due to degenerative arthritis. The first replacement was at the age of 48 and the 2nd at the age of ...
Mainstream going anti-bisphosphanates
- By huessysignoret · New reply November 4, 2009
- 46 replies
- An oral-surgeon friend of mine recently returned from a convention of his peers. One of the speakers detailed at great length the objections many of us have raised against bisphosphanates -- and said ...
Gap of one week in a forteo injection course
- By pawan · New reply November 2, 2009
- 5 replies
- I have been taking forteo injection for 10 months without any break. There are ensuing conditions in which I may not be able to maintain the cold chain; therefore, I may miss my daily doses for atleast ...
Severe leg pain 4 months after Reclast IV
- By marielle1 · New reply November 1, 2009
- 12 replies
- I am 54 years old, and was diagnosed with osteoporosis in May '08. Had the Reclast infusion in June '08. In October, I began to experience pain from my knees down to my ankles whenever I sat down to watch ...
Access to bone drugs - UK view
- By esporlesbabe · New reply November 1, 2009
- 2 replies
- This came up on the BBC news today. Just thought you may be interested. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/824356 3.stm ...
Forteo
- By Kathleen43812 · New reply November 1, 2009
- 23 replies
- Forteo * Newest messages * Delete * Mark as unread Kathleen43812 * By Kathleen43812 * October 11, 2009 at 12:09 am I am a 61-year-old with premature ovarian failure (age 28), and severe osteoporosis with ...
Gum Problems After Reclast Infusion
- By mothersdaughter · New reply October 31, 2009
- 2 replies
- Hello All, I am trying to find out some information for my mother. She is nealry 76 years old and wa diagnosed with "OP" about a year ago. Just recently she took Reclast, and almost immediately began ...
Do you know the answer to this question?
- By millie123 · New reply October 31, 2009
- 12 replies
- One of my member friends wrote me (name withheld) that she had visited an endocrinologist, had done all the tests, and got a diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism. Yet the endo doc didn't want to treat ...
actenol and stomach pain
- By mistig · New reply October 31, 2009
- 9 replies
- After failing my Bone scan I was put on Vitamin D and Actenol. After my very first time taking Actenol I started having severe abdominal pain And severe Diarrhea like water. It has been 3 days and still ...
Time of day to take Strontium Ranelate?
- By esporlesbabe · New reply October 31, 2009
- 8 replies
- I am about to start taking Strontium Ranelate for the first time. I am aware that I have to take it two hours either side of any Calcium - presumably dairy plus supplements. For example, if I finish eating ...
Reclast Research Info (aka Zoledronic Acid-Novartis)
- By windblown · New reply October 27, 2009
- 35 replies
- Since so many of you have been asking about the Reclast, and Zometa infusions, I thought I would post the New England Journal of Medicine's article on Zoledronic Acid (Reclast), the once yearly infusion ...
Where is the consultation!
- By Loods · New reply October 26, 2009
- 16 replies
- I have just been speaking to my 80 year old Uncle and he suddenly said to me "when I went to the Doctors the other day I was given a new prescription. I don't know what it is for or anything?" I asked ...
FDA Declines Denosumab Approval
- By BoneLady · New reply October 26, 2009
- 13 replies
- This breaking news is excerpted from an article by Val Brickates Kennedy, MarketWatch, last updated 10:20 AM ET Oct 19, 2009 "The Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve its (Amgen's) new ...
should i take reclast
- By rn4baby · New reply October 16, 2009
- 4 replies
- My doctor recently told me my bmd has decreased over the last 3 years. I recently had a fall directly on my knee and fracturing it and had followup surgery to remove hardware from my knee only one month ...
Reclast IV = Pain
- By kiminaz · New reply October 16, 2009
- 9 replies
- I had the Reclast IV Dec. 8th and am still hurting. I was NOT given any paper work to read or information except (verbally on the phone) it does not affect the jaw like others, you will just have minor ...
Celiac Disease and Premature Osteoporosis
- By Kinjul · New reply October 14, 2009
- 8 replies
- I was finally diagnosed with celiac disease in Jan. 2007 and have been eating strictly gluten free since then. I just had a DEXA bone density scan since osteoporosis is a complication of undiagnosed celiac ...
