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Which doctor is best to treat Osteoporosis?

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: 2 days ago | Replies (39)
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@njx58

It's worse for men in one way: doctors don't even *think* about osteoporosis for us. I had a stress fracture in my spine last year, age 64 at the time, not from a fall. Even the orthopedist who treated me didn't say "Hmm, you didn't fall, and this happened.., maybe you should get a bone density test." I had to pursue this for myself - and now I'm on Tymlos. 😉 I've had annual physicals for years, and no doctor has ever mentioned it to me.

McCormick says everyone should get a test well before they're in their 60s.

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jackieo1919 | @jackieo1919 | 3 days ago

I consider not asking or ordering a simple dexa scan in later years (60)s
is poor patient care. They ask blood work mammograms for women and prostate exams so why not a simple 15 min dexa scan?.

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gently | @gently | 3 days ago

I've read recommendation for dxa at 45. But at the very least women should have a dxa at the onset of menopause. The 5 years following menopause are critical because our bones need estrogen.
We depend on physicians to be knowlegeable outside of their speciality. Research has expanded our understanting of psysiology so extensively that it is difficult to stay abreast even in a single field. I would be wary of a internests, gps, primary care specialists prescribing osteoporosis medications. As patients it is important to do our own research, carefully.

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