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Scared by latest DEXA showing severe osteoporosis. Need advice.
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: May 13 12:07pm | Replies (58)Comment receiving replies
I haven't lost any height of note, maybe 1/4 inch. No fractures at 69. I have switched from calcium supps to Lactaid milk for my calcium dose and my specialist likes that, saying that natural food sources are preferred.
Another, unrelated specialist notes that studies show that OTC supplements (unregulated) often are tainted or don't have the ingredients advertised...and they can be hard on the liver/kidneys. He went to MIT and Johns Hopkins, and is very scientific, so I listened to him on this.
As far as my osteo medication goes, my specialist wants me to continue with bisphosphonates (Atelvia). I just came off a one-year "holiday" from it and am supposed to go back on it. I am meeting with my specialist to go over the newer alternatives to bisphosphates, like Prolia. I will update my post (if I can locate it) after this May 13 appt.
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Well, my May 13 appointment came and went with my osteo specialist, all without discussing alternatives to Atelvia.
However, I think she wants me to stay on Atelvia if my gut issues don't get in the way (my gut sensitivities seem to have worsened during my one-year drug holiday from it) and unfortunately I took a gastro drug a month ago that really seems to have hurt my gut.
I am to wait two months for my gut to normalize before trying Atelvia after that drug holiday.
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Oh, and my osteo is "severe." One tackless technician wondered how I could walk with it being so bad, and that was ten years ago. So it is more complex than a scan. Don't fret.