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Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Mar 6 10:40am | Replies (13)
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Yes the one stands out is L4 change. Have you ever been diagnosed of having arthritis or fracture at that level? If so it would falsely increase dexa reading. The other score maybe unremarkable. You could check bmd value changes for the 2 years and compare with LSC (least significant change at the footnote). If the changes are less than LSC, then the readings are within normal machine noise/error which means you don't have much change during the 2 years. You could double check with your doctor about this.
Your frax score is for major osteoporotic fracture right? If so, it doesn't appear to be very high. Does you doctor recommend treatment?
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I need to apologize. I was on Fosamax for about 8 weeks. I had diarrhea and nausea and I was taken off it because of that. It was for brief period that it slipped my mind. I am unable to change the original post to include this information. I do not have arthritis or fracture.
Yes, the FRAX score is for major osteoporotic fracture. My doctor wants me to go on Reclast. I am a bit nervous about it because of the side effects. My friend went through couple of weeks of suffering.