Hesitant to begin drug treatment for my osteoporosis

I wish you well. For some reason I feel better knowing that there are others like me who aren’t going to continue with meds. I admire those who can do it but it’s not for me. I
Just mad that I started them st all.

mic1953 you might benefit from finding out more about your osteo, esp your T-scores, so you can make informed decisions about treatment. You might be fine without a Rx medication - most of us know lots of people in our age range 😱 who probably have osteoporosis and have not been diagnosed, and who manage fine as long as they don't fall. But you've crossed the line where you can use the excuse that you didn't know. You should look into the Pro's as much as the Con's. IMO. Good luck whichever way you go.

Another school of thought - more than Oxalates, it is that high percentages of unprotected supplement minerals are crystalizing in the small intestines and becoming useless.

I learned this from a research and development division of a wellness manufacturer who founded a patented fix (two in fact) to the problem that caused up to ten times higher absorption of minerals.

You researchers will like reading about this - search for Oligo Technology introduced in 2008. Trust detail: when they discovered a fix, they threw away over $10 million supplements saying they could not in integrity sell a problem when there was a fix for it. (They had tested 250 name brand supplements and all had this crystalizing problem.)

I was told forty years ago that enzymes to digest dairy fade around age 16 and that dairy becomes an empty calorie food for adults (and mucus trigger for many).

I wonder if that is now a debunked myth?

That doesn't make sense to me at all. I have the equivalent of two glasses a day. If it couldn't be digested, wouldn't I have a problem? Isn't that literally what lactose intolerance is - something I certainly don't have?

I think that’s not true! My endo and my internal MD both aside dairy is best (and it’s better to eat and drink dairy than take vitamins

Curious on the answer too. I'm 5'5" 115pds

I am 72 and am. 4.3 taking Tymlos injections daily my fractures and broken bones occurred prior to finding out I had osteoporosis.
I have not had any since I started Tymlos 6 months ago, no side effects that are effecting my life. Some minor ones but I can live with them if they medicine is doing it’s job. I have played Pickleball, done water aerobics and I am careful but not injured myself or had problems. I also walk my dog regularly when weather permits. I live in Arizona so not walking right now🥵 too hot. I also take vitamins, changed my diet as suggested and in general just more careful. I think you can get overwhelmed listening to the complaining but I have not and I do have other health issues. Who at this age doesn’t keep in contact with your doctor and take the meds don’t wait until it’s too late. Good luck!

Hope this isn't true as I drink 4 or 5 glasses of milk each day and consume countless ounces of cheese as well. I don't do water unless I'm hiking.

Lactose intolerance doesn’t prevent digestion-in fact aids it somewhat. But people who have lost significant lactase have undesirable actions with lactose and it is not worth using dairy.

So a little digging shows that the doctor was only partially right.

So what is funny - he made me stop my daily milk and 40 years later, I discovered I could not have dairy even in ice cream. Almost over night. Took me a long time to lose my lactase. Ha. (Really think a stressed gut was the problem, and the gut has a memory. IDK)