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Doctors Reprimand Me For No Osteo Meds
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Aug 27 7:28pm | Replies (117)Comment receiving replies
@gravity3 my understanding is that these drugs do not build bone. They may prevent further loss but only weight lifting and diet can stimulate bone growth.
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@wews Unlike bisphosphonates such as Alendronate, Fosamax, etc., the anabolic (nothing to do with steroids) treatments do build bone according to medical research sources.
On YouTube you will find a 2025 presentation by Dr. Michael Lewiecki to the Osteoporosis Foundation of New Mexico. The title is "Treat-to-target for osteoporosis" which you can search on. I find that YouTube links in the Mayo discussions get truncated, but I will attempt to put it in here:
Note that this is a detailed scientific/medical talk aimed at other doctors and researchers. I had to pause many times to study the graphs and charts in the talk. But we are each in charge of our own health so it was worth it.
Special thanks to the other forum poster who pointed out this presentation, which I am now passing along!
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This helped me understand the actions of these drugs. So much to try and understand.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10118815/.