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Strontium citrate (Algaecal) and fractures

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@daisy17 Then might REMS be a viable bone density scanning alternative?
"REMS is not affected by strontium. The problem with strontium and dexa is the radiation and how it reacts to the denser strontium. REMS Echolight does not use radiation."

"BMD measured by ultrasound is not affected by the strontium content of bone. An in vitro study concluded that aBMD measured by DXA was prone to overestimation in the presence of strontium, but acoustic parameters measured by quantitative ultrasound (QUS) are independent of strontium concentration."
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29080282/
https://strontiumforbones.blogspot.com/2023/11/echolight-scans-are-not-affected-by.html

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@tonilynn REMS testing is not readily available, The nearest place I can get it is about a 3 hour drive.