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Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jun 5 10:09am | Replies (75)

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@ripley

Interesting article. Regarding Bisphosphonates, "175 women must be treated for three years for each hip fracture prevented. Conclusion: The dominant approach to hip fracture prevention is neither viable as a public health strategy nor cost effective. Pharmacotherapy can achieve at best a marginal reduction in hip fractures at the cost of unnecessary psychological harms, serious medical adverse events, and forgone opportunities to have greater impacts on the health of older people. As such, it is an intellectual fallacy we will live to regret."

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Replies to "Interesting article. Regarding Bisphosphonates, "175 women must be treated for three years for each hip fracture..."

@riley which "pharmacotherapy" does that article refer to? And was this article clear on the T scores in the study? Does it mention efficacy in the spine? What is the date for that and does it predate better meds now available?

I remember reading something like that years ago and ideas like that probably contributed to reducing urgency for getting on meds (I did try) and to my ultimate fractures.