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Anyone had experience with OsteoStrong, who is not a franchisee?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jan 4 8:25pm | Replies (425)Comment receiving replies
I have 3.8 osteo on a 4 scale being the worst and was told no running, jumping, etc. Dr said if I just Sat down hard I could fracture my spine. I was so stressed at first, but I'm taking Fosamax unwillingly because of things I'd read. I have to start with the cheapest one and work up to some better drugs per Medicare rules. Has anyone had good results with Fosamax. I have to wait two years for another scan to see if it's working.
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@hipgranny1956 Not sure what you mean by 3.8 on a 4 scale, but a T-Score of 3.8 is sufficient to get a Medicare approval of an anabolic med for osteoporosis. It helps if you already have fractures but I managed to get Medicare approval with a similar T-Score and no fragility fractures, though it took some effort and a good insurance person at the doctors office working at that hard. I'm a guy and it's harder for males to get approval for that. Currently taking Evenity with no cost.
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I'm so sorry to hear about your situation, hipgranny1956. There ought to be better options for us. The only other things I've been looking at are posts by a Dr. Doug Lucas on YouTube. He's supposedly a board-certified orthopedic surgeon. He posts a lot on certain foods, vitamins and has some sort of free program you can sign up for (that no doubt likely leads to a not-free program) which I've not signed up for yet.
Here's a link to his YouTube page:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dr+lucas+bone+health
If I hear of anything that could help in your situation, I'll definitely post it.
I wish you and all of us the best in living with this condition and hopefully overcoming it somehow.