@gently
@maryandnans
I understand fractures are very painful,
but fortunately most if not all heal eventually.

Potent drugs, any of them, that we
ingest, will to a certain degree leave some
sort of cumulative lasting side effects.
Take as a quick example, overuse or negligent
use of Tylenol affecting your liver.

These drugs have not been on the market that long.
What do we know about cancer risks or other serious
conditions 20 years or more after treatment.
Any data being kept on this?

The point I would like to make:
why are we - women who are suffering from osteoporosis,
not standing up, forming a strong demand
for more clarity, more investigations into
diet or supplements, or other avenues to help
this condition, aside from here take this pill
or injections.

I am not normally an actively outspoken person
for any cause.
But I am angry.
I am angry that I have to do all this research on my
own, the best diet, aside from get your dairy and
take your Vitamin D, which some research is
telling us does not prevent fractures.
Or - too much dairy adds calcification to heart health.
What is the best exercize according to our bone strength,
and so on.
Everytime an article pops up: take prunes, or whatever.
Off we go, searching, trying it, in the hope it might
help.
This is not good health care:
government health department make decisions
by off loading their responsibilities onto Big Pharma

For those of you who have been helped taking meds
I am truly very happy for you.
However, the stats aren't available to see how many
are helped, to what degree, and conversely how many are not.