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New diagnosis at 56 yo. Looking for advice on non drug therapies.
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jul 3 5:32pm | Replies (39)Comment receiving replies
I agree with everything everyone has said. I also am waiting, I have also changed my diet looked at my supplements and did so much research on medication that's out there for osteoporosis. I also follow Dr Lisa Moore on Brickhouse bones. She is an amazing physical therapist who specializes in osteoporosis and breast cancer survivors. As many have said strength training is one of the key components of helping osteoporosis. I also started taking HRT which hopefully with everything I'm doing will keep my DEXA stable if not improvement next May
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Can you tell me what dose of HRT you are taking? Is it transdermal? I just started on 0.025mg transdermal and am thinking about talking to my doctor about possibly increasing to 0.05mg because I've read a couple studies that indicated that while all dosages led to an increase in bone mineral density (BMD), higher doses had a greater increase.
My doctor prescribed HRT for me because I had been experiencing some other premenopausal symptoms. I mentioned that I was also interested in it because I have osteopenia but she said that it is not a first line treatment for osteoporosis and it might theoretically help with that but there wasn't really evidence of that being the case. Since the appointment, I did more reading and found the studies I mentioned above. I'm not sure if I've misinterpreted them or if they are out of date and there is new information I haven't come across. The papers I read were 10+ years old, but from what I understand, HRT is currently an on-label treatment for prevention of post-menopausal osteoporosis. I guess I'm just curious what other people's doctors are prescribing to them with osteoporosis/osteopenia being part of the equation. Thanks!