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Strontium citrate (Algaecal) and fractures

Posted by pami @pami, Apr 15, 2024

I am looking to see if there are any studies done that show a reduced chance of fracture from using Strontium citrate (Algaecal) as opposed to calcium. Everything I have read only mentions increase of density using it. Does anyone have doctor input or a study showing an decrease in bone fractures?

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osteoresearch | @osteoresearch | 3 days ago
In reply to @katgirl "I thought I read somewhere on this forum that taking strontium makes your Dexa scores invalid..." + (show)
@katgirl

I thought I read somewhere on this forum that taking strontium makes your Dexa scores invalid because strontium absorbs the x-rays from the Dexa more than calcium. So, your t-scores appear to have improved, when your bone density hasn't actually improved. It would be interesting to see if the people having the improved t-scores after taking Algae-cal showed improvement when a REMS Echolight scan was used instead (which doesn't depend on x-rays.). I'm not for or agains Algae-Cal BTW. But I remember someone saying that Dexa scores had to be adjusted if you took strontium.

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That’s a very good question. I would also like to know this.

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