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Postmenopausal women with osteoporosis
Eighty percent of people who have osteoporosis are women. A woman's risk of osteoporosis is equal to her combined risk of breast, ovarian and uterine cancer. Half of all women over 50 will break a bone because of osteoporosis.
Bioidentical hormones
- By VictoriaLynn · New reply November 19, 2009
- 32 replies
- I am 61... I was on Fosamax for over 8 years...no growth but things stayed sort of the same. Then I had a couple of fractures and the DR suggest Forteo. I did it for 18 months and had a loss of 2 ...
forteo
- By liliane · New reply October 24, 2009
- 21 replies
- I have been taking Forteo for 6 weeks. My bones and joints ache and I am always tired. Anyone else experiencing this on Forteo? I would very much like to know wether there are kindred spirits out there ...
Osteoporosis and Epidural Injections
- By MyNana · New reply October 14, 2009
- 1 reply
- Before my back surgery, I was advised not to use epidural injections for pain because of my osteoporosis. Another friend has received several epidurals for pain and her doctor said there is no danger ...
Quest and Lab Corp. - different Vit. D25 results to this very day
- By Jacqueline · New reply October 13, 2009
- 18 replies
- I am told that Quest stopped giving incorrect reports on Vitamin D a year ago. Yet a month ago, I had Quest test my Vitamin D-25, and they reported 47. My endocrinologist said, "Great." A few weeks later ...
Need Help
- By arym · New reply October 7, 2009
- 3 replies
- I was treated 5 yrs ago w/ Forteo- did well- and gained bone mass( have a serious case of Osteoporosis- no spinal fractures yet )- went back on fossamax- then got breast cancer- went on Tamoxifen( that ...
Bending over???
- By Southernlady · New reply September 19, 2009
- 21 replies
- How on earth do we go through life not bending over??? My son is not going to help me and he will wear dirty clothes to keep from washing them and I should not have to but I do because they are dirty ...
Progress Without Pharmaceutical Drugs!
- By KathleenAlford · New reply September 13, 2009
- 55 replies
- Although I no longer see Dexascan scores as the most telling indicator of bone health, I was encouraged by the results of this year’s scan: A 2.2% gain in the bone density of the hip (femoral neck), correlating ...
Question about Reclast
- By pichulita · New reply September 12, 2009
- 6 replies
- I am a healthy 59 year old woman who was diagnosed with osteoporosis 3 yrs. ago, who has never broken a bone and who does not have any aches and pains. The Actonel constipated the heck out of me and ended ...
Osteoporosis-Linked Fractures Rise Dramatically
- By KMFDallas · New reply August 24, 2009
- 5 replies
- Osteoporosis-Linked Fractures Rise Dramatically AHRQ News and Numbers Release date: July 17, 2009 The hospitalization rate of patients admitted for treatment of hip, pelvis and other fractures associated ...
Psychologically adjusting to osteoporosis diagnosis
- By Mrs_Thistlebottom · New reply August 22, 2009
- 23 replies
- I find myself moving more gingerly ever since receiving a diagnosis of osteoporosis several weeks ago (lumbar spine, T-score -2.5), even though I've never had a fracture. I had been active before--walking ...
Holistic Approach
- By njones0623 · New reply August 13, 2009
- 13 replies
- Hello, my Holistic Dr. does not believe in the meds everyone is taking for osteoporosis. I am 54 and have been diagnosed with the disease. I take my calcium and magnesium and have been trying to up my ...
Be Wary of DEXA Results
- By Sarasota_Babe · New reply August 4, 2009
- 11 replies
- Lessons Learned DEXA results for the hip can be skewed, especially if the BMD includes more than just the hip. I've been basing health decisions on invalid DEXAs. My Johns Hopkins endocrinologist pointed ...
Nonunion fractures?
- By kropos · New reply June 22, 2009
- 2 replies
- I've had a nonunion femur fracture for a year. I have rheumatoid arthritis and been on prednisone for many years. The osteoporosis is most likely from this. Have had a bone graft a month ago and an implanted ...
A Step Back in Time?
- By livnwel · New reply May 29, 2009
- 25 replies
- As I was researching another topic, I came across this interesting article about how we have been mislead in the name of "healthy eating". I'm certainly not a nutrition expert, but is it possible that ...
Filing for Disability
- By Ladybug0904 · New reply May 26, 2009
- 14 replies
- Have you filed for disability as a result of your osteoporosis? Work or Social Security Disability? How difficult has it been ...
side effects from actonel
- By Isaac · New reply April 28, 2009
- 8 replies
- I started taking fosomax in May, 2008. My doctor switched me to Actonel. Has any one else had the feeling of tightness in their chest/stomach area with a feeling of shortness of breath ...
how often to have a bone density (full body scan) test?
- By kitsie · New reply April 11, 2009
- 2 replies
- My primary care P.A. (physician's ass't.) is very good but says I only need a full body scan once a year. Is that pretty much correct? My risk factors are 1)I also take seizure medications, and bone density ...
EZorb and improved DEXA
- By vikkid · New reply February 24, 2009
- 15 replies
- Has anyone taken EZorb calcium to improve bone density? I started on that after getting a Dexa Tscore of -2.2 in spine and -3.2 in hip. Also started taking Strontum, Vit D3, DHEA, and a few others. I ...
32 and postmenopausal with osteoporosis
- By onelife1976 · New reply February 23, 2009
- 5 replies
- Hello...this is all new to me..I was diagnosed in Oct. 2008- the Dr's have started me on Bonevia- this makes me very sick for about 5 days..not sure why-anyone else on this? also they have me on Estradiol ...
Excess calcium and osteoporosis
- By Jacqueline · New reply February 16, 2009
- 5 replies
- I want to share a Pub-Med article that I just came across: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed /15949902?dopt=Abstract ...
