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@kathleen1314 So very helpful, Kathleen. Thank you for taking the time to educate me, and everyone else on this site.
It's weird. My doctor, whom I've known since my midwife days (1990s), just recently and unexpectedly passed. He would've been right on top of this situation, because he stayed abreast of the research, particularly, the unconventional means to an end, which is generally much healthier than pharmaceuticals.
But he's not here and I'm with a new integrative doctor who believes strontium is poison. He said the AlgeCal was okay for me to take. But it seems that you're saying that that is not a therapeutic dose.
I just signed up with Doug Lucas for 6 months and I'm hoping that he is as good in person as he is online. Otherwise, I will have to keep looking for local doctors who can guide me—not an easy task.
Thank you again for your wisdom.
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680 mg is the therapeutic dose.
Algaecal makes so many products with varying amounts of strontium that I am not sure what amount you are taking...sorry.
Well, you might ask your integrative doctor how most of the world's ground water and food especially seafood has strontium in it with no problems for most of the world if it is a poison.
There was one report of a huge amount of strontium in ground water in Iraq or Iran ( I think) and the result was very thick bones....the "cure" was to take more calcium. In fact, that is the only caution that my endocrinologist gave me "to be sure to take enough calcium".
Plus, doctors are using strontium laced components in skull surgeries; jaw bone surgeries etc. and the original sensodyne was just strontium in a tooth paste format.
It is rare for doctors to suggest strontium, but I have never know a doctor with a patient whose osteoporosis was "cured" with strontium or whose fractures stopped after beginning strontium that ever told their patient to stop strontium.
We have a woman on Inspire whose husband is a doctor and gave her all the fear mongering about strontium. She told him that she had read the research and was going to try it. She is now in normal bone terrritory and her husband had to "eat" his words.
I think sometimes it helps if you have doctors in your family. Because frankly, you know that you are just as smart as they are. I have multiple medical doctors, phds and a couple of nuclear physicists in my immediate family. I can hold my own and out think most of them on day to day stuff or research. Now 40 years of nuclear physics knowledge is another thing; I bow to their knowledge. Indeed, 40 years of tests for all the conditions surrounding osteoporosis is also another thing and I bow to and use endocrinologists. 40 years of treating with osteoporosis drugs is also a great source of research for you in a doctor.
I am a big believer in testing and a great doctor can do all the tests, and they know which ones are appropriate.
Doctors can provide you with the information, discuss your options and then you with your very good brain can make the best decision for yourself.
In many ways I was lucky that I had such a bad reaction to an osteoporosis drug. It forced me to look and research and try something else. But frankly, there are better osteoporosis drugs now than there were when I was diagnosed and better hormones such as BHRT. We have lots of good options now.