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I find that kind of comment to be fear-mongering. It is NOT knowable that not taking a bone med will result in fracture and long-lasting pain. Some (many?) osteoporotic people don't take them and never fracture. Some people fracture when they only have osteopenia. Some people taking the drugs fracture anyway, sometimes multiple times. I am not anti-med, I'm currently taking alendronate and considering my next drug. But I would challenge any doctor who made such a comment to me.
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@cat1203 I have to express some support for the comment by @juanitalinda and her doctor. The risk of fracture is much higher without meds. What you are describing is kind of a Russian Roulette approach. Some of us have lost!
I am not pro-med necessarily for osteopenia or even early osteoporosis but as someone with 7 spinal fractures I am on this forum to encourage others to try meds and avoid what I have been through- pain, disability and even (temporary so far) loss of independence.
Osteoporosis has no symptoms and we feel strong. But the risk is there and if bone density and/or quality declines enough, we can fracture while coughing.
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A little bit of context is probably necessary to justify my doctor's comment. I had already suffered 3 fragility fractures in the past year ... and the DEXAs indicated osteopenia, not even osteoporosis.
Given my personal risks, I wholeheartedly agreed with him.
We all have different health histories ...